Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8211d81eea267d70…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-07-17 09:49:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 7d29da712cc324cf3dae458a9da449e0 SHA-1: a70a3ffad951910bf313c265b9fd9de04cedbe3d SHA-256: 8211d81eea267d70c2fdf2d7f4ef8436d119cacf05a6e0228887d4f169755694
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 0.5984

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://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080484974fe9---lujiw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1608dbfcf49781---91217625281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2859ef9482ed2951610d4cc2c67de44/lusogezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a98e37421---27111128681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35urion55ep6bll7dk7bn5okl0/74894624232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightingsystemscol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b787313fb0ada726e2bac49aa733336/tutapezetigezovizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fields-on-earth.com/dolajuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c1jpgs5n5r1evgponkveic25t/53386718462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karapinarinsaat.net/userfiles/upload/file/rawidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ede6ff2e4c5---kakepewiledanirefagefapul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neuragen.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608267de90de0---62984094529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b4a04162a2---nuxiwode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thessalonikiflights.com/files/files/rezodewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mokhalasati.com/userfiles/files/98434996473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a79719bfc70a4203ad49bf1c8960ccf/karupuganegisokadagif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/44769368113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1195315c04---libapesodabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enterpriselighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/506d3a339543e5bb84dc711bcb0a82ce/54276950990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/betabewizaziloda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/88019022684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stardentalcare.org/userfiles/file/zakasibavusolawovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/36094037813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaszemin.com/files/natuxixomurezozuxeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=the+last+song+pdf+onlinePDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f7f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F0 10640 bytes
SHA-256: 8493f6ef5b3cbf50c4037dba69602053ef67455d6a86cc1b7874fc3f3aaba819
font_01_sfnt_off00011002.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11002 19444 bytes
SHA-256: 2c9b5db7ac0ae2ef102aae844d0e0a5f3b1460574632f43c35eac97349b99d7a