Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 888059f4059f7764…

MALICIOUS

PDF

61.1 KB Created: 2021-05-01 01:07:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-13
MD5: 7b124a3292693c1c7ddc31d3179e4594 SHA-1: 6c3fbb24a7b696b6543bc476a064d5436d958fd5 SHA-256: 888059f4059f77648fe29b828bbe81c94e96337683fcc870d3da196a360db0e8
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9560

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://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7d1bc848e---59656665879.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ba9303f96968f379a7d92f9533659d2/39965535638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f7f854821---seximagawadukosulugitur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f06a5764c3---lamitesozujibut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160819b26a7c73---jujopimomominodemixenira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889d538432c---85947870728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b49f16c671---16672419997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f22636b4d---jokawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ppmcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vbf67r7due71gl5uu1jhsso4sp/vujidupajajitajobobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrelandberg.com/userfiles/file/1006075500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12b7b90acbf137b405aa4899acc70197/busoligimizakul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgjhepkmc29ins212efs1aqmdt/fofani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083f1ed40bed---nabovilepijiget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ljchq49v0lff910v59sqctk5p/50606307283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ade84693e---neroji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jcv8skj7im9ddbmtlgnpq7ba57/75039192245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee5f0ef97ae282fca8def91f751adf35/64319732528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aafab1945bba0db1f0b408d52e6b3399/69071733583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca931668dc---35667440540.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/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=articulos+en+ingles+pdfPDF 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_off0000cf78.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF78 5104 bytes
SHA-256: d612ea2d144d1c337b7e39d85420f088450ff64eed5d8a43cffeed9d2a76abac