Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 865b6f69f21d1e61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

163.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 08:58:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a3cf59b800d014e7c54d52b3151ba351 SHA-1: 38ab5ca8ef784a590d52a6b2ce935c79cc573730 SHA-256: 865b6f69f21d1e611fe99f6ca8cf42a9f43239ef260d93f4b72d8d9df20785dc
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF that contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains. The ClamAV heuristic identifies it as a phishing trojan. The PDF's structure and the nature of the URLs suggest it's designed to lure users to malicious sites, potentially for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.2694

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 http://balone.net/_upload/file///49324808337.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gabinetpro.pl/kosmetyczka/krakow/files/58390758241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpstart.mobi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/241635277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b81d70b1b0---koliluwexaxorokulovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5tm50b6q9ekuqdgui55k39i1fe/65580846523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/63981260343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mdteam.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jewiwad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitaloffice.pl/fotki/file/59013925193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609858b832dc9---koroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073584278c2f---pititekesofi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familiegravesen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jikamej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/91887668447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2282765ccd---42160512099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/22114500045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drddvichitra.com/userfiles/file/sugevibipejuber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611bfb7783d34---9706106208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dichocungtoi.com/userfiles/file/jedagexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eprdel.cz/userfiles/file/pivazuvonadiwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomland.com/sites/bloomland.com/files/xakifadiwogajunaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dahchen.tw/userfiles/files/keramed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-drog.pl/userfiles/file/67762191228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aplusadvance.com/naver_editor/data/file/zawefoniligefevizivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3r6jvkeipkpueqqhhdtllsr2nb/mipikotojibuguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobergamaschi.it/userfiles/files/62241501588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f9373e998---nokosokevedumojewunige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881a0d234e9---genuwakovunutufajem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=sheria+ya+usalama+barabarani+2002+pdfPDF 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_off00023acd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x23ACD 19696 bytes
SHA-256: 7e9e626302b370416817acd170ea2affbe8e2c6d382a02c15016c3b168a0914b
font_01_sfnt_off00026dd9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x26DD9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1