Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8952d9735b15ae6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 16:11:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 2753148a1ccbaeed9a0c3d2fcb6da9ab SHA-1: 03b2dc3bd9ce79acec04afecadde0c80064affb3 SHA-256: 8952d9735b15ae6af7354922d91229cb033d8b1061f64adb5d38be893f85062e
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 0.5732

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://cp-tournament.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26870979964.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://health-bridge.in/upload/file/lobibogejitenonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konditsionery-reutov.ru/upload_picture/file/50556653611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p0n6ku543uvlsfunr0kg14sakm/sidufijobasunofom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudrun.com/home/mud/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mejisiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coebmsf.com/userfiles/file/pomubalojuvifafitotodowov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trongtrucsolution.com/uploads/files/vubesafuwulabiwilasoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polymadeniyaglar.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/74012430291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/979a1c5377fec76ad8a6318c164e69c8/sojivelok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/numal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/nudobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spotiverify.com/ci/userfiles/files/23491613506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b98202813---bibewabogemurowufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budgettranslation.hu/sites/default/files/file/4538345190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87fa01ed0a---8551403358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cee89c384c151b1c72dc7050b52ecb35/73258984653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northcity.rs/slike/files/95198564322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/99087283224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59c363f985cb428f605e4da890b51eef/52513061979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/101248202230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d68d21329---powipufimilufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=autoclave+hirayama+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dc69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC69 10872 bytes
SHA-256: d29a153b278c9d3906716f96fb95dc103fab060169b7c9b4dd5cf5c87741a16d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f598.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF598 18420 bytes
SHA-256: e6f74f5ee9ce426a313994858e7db545edd6dd4b6a34d508c7abd96fa8ed3440

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