Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c3935713be5d241…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-05-14 14:03:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 76a8ef7681c8a7bafcce3ae236997a88 SHA-1: 69b5595b8edd5052f77653065567f5f20f242090 SHA-256: 7c3935713be5d241c5bcb19e1a27dc072dac26c52ef2c1956e19579f21b1dbf4
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9900

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://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071684ae0b7c---vigoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkn166t7pta8qduvddekqlt5it/pakapidedud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab163747d7---75334581802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160979ea6ab996---87606340255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608da6f27bb15---purimejepudebedazolumuxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073345a5a4bb---22412988426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/25297388855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4jpliqbd9bp3mlhb11dsdmsqn7/favulerulavimetijadofuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6hkrb4onsfgcoqqehdpdnp3vl5/34400369350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rebel-guitars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a799bd07d2e5c35dfe2db1dc948288f/26455604931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090dd959cd29---7824641238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a078a3a3c7---60736422000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a4b88edc0---27885307267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-10/20210510100620607842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/seduropep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipmarketing.net/userfiles/file/xedesudobusenirosubaxita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c528a51a3d---76032206891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=amlodipine+davis+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d543.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD543 4848 bytes
SHA-256: 3ac87582a9d04c9614a337f9933d0059adb28fd0c287ff58a2af27c384bd48d4
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5A8 10228 bytes
SHA-256: 22ecc3f42cbbd7875ac75f9b240fcdd6e110082af65ba025e3126f0fd2ee76c4
font_02_sfnt_off0001086a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1086A 4324 bytes
SHA-256: cd94ef65598b1866d0653cdd88243d989fd81359c0e770c2d3a4858f1c2f6d34