Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 85ab19fca0db4da9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-06-16 06:42:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: 543b8c30fe750bb25ba99955369eaaf2 SHA-1: e0691120a0b0896c7e1ae8236243d0be7b080d47 SHA-256: 85ab19fca0db4da9a2f88f3fe23f0bb44a0703d52d41b22c98f29e797f14a398
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 0.9867

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=crazy+restaurant+chef+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4128e50773fcddfb9c4dc685455d3523/63465303083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b06de5adea5---88455852659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdanhaudio.com/luutru/files/misodopavuzigunud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nedirajtebosnu.net/userfiles/file/gopobumikojomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cff4a9442b85cc713edf51c0e8c0f06/morawibijovisazurapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b8021b9c6---14882966355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076173c4a551---98160444958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac897e050fc---3984448717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creteotels.gr/FCKeditor/userimages/file/51872786648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c085ee0904c---1469113526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160915bf12d876---28445731764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajk-opakowania.eu/upload/fck/file/nerabilubagikesun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandhotelbulgaria.com/userfiles/file/tewom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/telenidujowigaminapofufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/070b339ebac7b3f809eab23d4c74b940/notobuligowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd9dade787b9821e128f6567f0d36d71/zizupoxivutilad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f21ae41948d88a4e6638ffeaa694a49c/mekipir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/freefont/In PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/In PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eacb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEACB 6676 bytes
SHA-256: eb818d908f85100d3a99250672f03864bcbe34b2514f2b59354f321a79477503
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb9e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB9E 5484 bytes
SHA-256: fc281142fc4656631fe1ddf0276e42a24c74c99def03556e3745e717a0566b27
font_02_sfnt_off00010e2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E2E 10876 bytes
SHA-256: d1929070c304a26f0414edb13358ee4c98c4f1e553e35721836d829ffabcdb7f
font_03_sfnt_off0001338e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1338E 16560 bytes
SHA-256: 72f9fa49802afed9ffadca1de0bb5b52b8cdd59fdb5c8eac63568cfc226db2f0