Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 898d8e73abc8f9ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.5 KB Created: 2021-06-11 02:46:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 4ac72c35bffaad41d45704e19ae7160a SHA-1: 4d52d570b7383a68228492a0574e77c94b85c251 SHA-256: 898d8e73abc8f9ace650e73c93b40f5eb756155134875770646469ddcfd42a2c
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 0.8137

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mikandi+mod+apk PDF link annotation
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081549d80788---28062748526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b2d20baccb---10783353399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wlao.on.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eca3c103c444cf06f0723fe9196303c/95430270830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://famcareconnect.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608937a1a7b72---62907371205.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b01aa526eb3---71063541991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tfknk47q2i2vb4u5mhe4ngjqp2/61761150253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eed6c7722a---zoxaver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/bupuvigopipojuneniwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df23182a71---poburaxixevimivumiganexud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4dscmqg1s3du69h0vh5ekf1v13/xepoxuxakoxefegawapedone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a4dabd95e6e0fc7e7876627f06887dc/nalaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f4457f5a4daf0db957a4bc310f8d7db/63736444516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/377d804480793a49c43961a55eaa6d7f/sadejelogorowojizifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/xawubidudeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hart-metale.pl/gimnazjum/userfiles/file/metasukutisep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaitosushisb.com/uploads/files/80652341131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nationaalgolfcongres.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e375a613e6---dorederebibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/ximuvopitudud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.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
stream_003_off00012e8c.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x12E8C 14744 bytes
SHA-256: 2a878c83b3c8a195941d0e77a43d8917e022aeb6caca6893037712ac0dedc6e0
font_01_sfnt_off00015eab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EAB 4868 bytes
SHA-256: ab5fd3dd0f7dd8ea00cfe00c1fd753b3980d99a94652d08dd91bd2bafc0b6936
font_02_sfnt_off00016f35.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16F35 12868 bytes
SHA-256: 956c2661634f2b94eb55a76a9339e8929ad0ece378ed155ea4c111d6d2ec9561
font_03_sfnt_off00019971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19971 17664 bytes
SHA-256: 8a85407538f6da338c205d0ddd19f4ec59c00209d69b34eb380b744da83cf7a5