Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fc65b5b895c054d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.7 KB Created: 2021-05-30 17:44:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6ddba1fb5576e8cd1193d6b60a288842 SHA-1: ec171442be95d6f0c7ab619e62efee42fed809d9 SHA-256: 7fc65b5b895c054d7ad670e8907b1557e3a2f1c32074b6e491379a47119f63f7
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites hosting PDF files. These PDFs appear to be lures for downloading RAR archives, such as 'portable corel __ draw_x3 __ sp2.rar free download', suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8702

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b386aabed25---xutopaxoru.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d536331c022baa0ba6f6cd64e61e5b96/dexegofezeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4bb1b9b996894d2ae567b516b3bfab0/pepibarudebupi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adae2e0d68b---8279697093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/nugek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7a1a4ef0a8fadc2ac420612454342be/jumetuxogelikuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abaf52329a3---jepav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098de7ab29bc---28163913600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinesacredshakti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ea4e04c0443367998ab90cd71dbf23a/44501675255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/70985051618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7j2minl8iki2rsm71lai5lu54a/walonelotuzede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608319c6ccbbb---fedije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c909a1531---30600095950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e330001ee3---66284990322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/modasojafonolufuwevama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g8vgetr32msbgfccahq9rne07g/gozikeped.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7769f2af26---gazugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=portable+corel+__+draw_x3+__+sp2.rar+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dee9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEE9 5548 bytes
SHA-256: c4643d8dedcb6bb3ceaf8ddeae499c4e6df73a4c62d4ebc4ee7f1db994947c3f