Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84697e389935a69b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

57.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:09:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 638d311ae3eff4f13600f6180e303d44 SHA-1: b216df8e915beab3095106f9aacf958cf27290e4 SHA-256: 84697e389935a69b739c0b6dfa712867e9587a1ac3a73339a441f5cb522392c8
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, presenting numerous URLs that lead to potentially compromised websites or phishing lures. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and compromised CMS uploads suggests an attempt to obscure the true destination and evade detection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7984

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cours+de+phytotechnie+speciale+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://barnesfamilyconnection.com/clients/f/f3/f37d50667a1bb99e511e26172889fab9/File/mebenirobaroxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37mjb62nacg3sp8s7l9o39v16n/tilenuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkaufs-akademie.com/userfiles/file/dujexodanudokefeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87f06298f0---xizixubowuzagokudim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v0lj6p1378j9sggevjn2r2jv9t/verejusiruwojir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-beauty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dofuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608adc54a3b10---8128200635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d64b270992---11868526321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bilagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1407e4691f---98390761357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210718_04B81BB0AFBA4AE5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlspublishing.in/data/eimages/file/nogenuzezer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1660fcb2f992f426d0c603c96a0517f2/dasumafegaxifejubijawas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getadoc.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79919293584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://next-engineering.com/userfiles/files/91541211343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161051afa44e83---32246555603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morrisjones.co.uk/EditorImages/file/ravilolezinifomotagav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.org/data/filestorage/upload/files/wiwurozaxojikosujoviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccktesmee3u31lgi09bhaavomu/27845460427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bananamusic.tw/uploads//files/202108111229115440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611387e89ac1f---rukisawunofalewafijezufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/89498452385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b93730426776e3966dd8ad6edf091069/82906246366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/40849829289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/sidolijewaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/435198cc444c976817bb236ab54ad181/2714913040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c0d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC0D2 10960 bytes
SHA-256: b58126a2e51a7c7995561125c9c1929ed7b6efddec5d3c78acb8cb850285318c