Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 79d7bdaff90e1c5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 01:59:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 366bb895253da591da1e2a772cb4a635 SHA-1: 8b0863f252c3423d6571c9a0e30897b1d0a5b938 SHA-256: 79d7bdaff90e1c5c6c8591b51ced649c355a190679a7150bf2085b9e69bee698
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5956

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=professional+photography+magazine+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098379fe53ff---90493627180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/94934538972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estoniapools.com/contents//files/20068265325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/33527828597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twr1115.net/files/fckeditor/file/bimak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanfrancescovet.com/userfiles/files/62770754918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chichen.asia/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70054885957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novosib-sport.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76243418864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ud3e9rkqiolam9vemtn11f494/83855296764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bhsclassof70.com/clients/a/ac/acf0241a72c9eb28a719a759cf8a4748/File/mivuvipuralilasekozovex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronocertif.com/userfiles/file/35841342737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e05852d59---12684449363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://refah4ter.info/basefile/hotelrefah4terir/files/7988630148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091155cbeb53---61080540658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7bf0e37208---zozekovelofuret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/kogumuwofimebogilesan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608050383152d---51915700383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a129cb052f0---91957786329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a3a38deb47bddf5dbd8571a1ebd8128/63244665224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog//file/95349997042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d666bdabf11---88395505561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dubaimotorcycletours.com/uploaded_images/files/pineritot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marlin-aquarium.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/niwuwev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automozg.by/upload/editor/files/zujisujutibazaxenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b9b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB9B9 11120 bytes
SHA-256: 7820485312f93b3305e24195aff2be60153ff12de261a13006f10e8b58069ad6
font_01_sfnt_off0000d358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD358 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1