Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c92995d278dbefb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 02:03:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: eec0d617914f3d5722c013e0a5ecbb06 SHA-1: 34841c24cb42da565a58140f972db6e3b99d47d5 SHA-256: 8c92995d278dbefb4837bfef6f962a4108e0ab0c93db3df5afe05a3391eecd20
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 0.8877

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=stomach+inner+layer PDF link annotation
    • http://daindnc.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/36936527059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atenngo.com/admin/sites/site/documents/dofisozufusekav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611721fb91413---63769962082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabinet-blin.fr/ressource/site-image/files/92714743636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naoshima-habitant.com/kaxemutememibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d51a387ed7f---bupozesasujuru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisaarkinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lizaxijoxazonur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dge345rj34i00lcfhccj7pmnt2/77754686732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelojrobles.com/admin_initial_test/userfiles/file/70892084772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multi-accueil.fr/ressource/site-image/files/79165377627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://insights3.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8871f5f0f53a068678be2590d3b1e9ab/31339763142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a638d55eab0---kijejotavefivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ced66cb658---pelojoxojuminete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbagencement.fr/uploads/file/punodetubefusirejedagodep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopiergentili.it/userfiles/files/6746390059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/pakaverozeduzugut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/lavaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biotanika.pl/upload/file/25151931190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-sito.it/uploads/file/73021398198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ubranni.com/uploader/files/fuzavigakulip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/kirasadafabuxina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barnesfamilyconnection.com/clients/f/f3/f37d50667a1bb99e511e26172889fab9/File/dojavadewavapiwenozaxagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehomeforeclosure.org/images/file/pisojesoverisuvawaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nebo52.ru/uploads/files/mudaraliguxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cb61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB61 16244 bytes
SHA-256: 0695a63ac2889367a3aafae7f8b9aa01aa429078edd5a813c30f4be021963255
font_01_sfnt_off0000f526.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF526 10516 bytes
SHA-256: b959e7f480f6ac1a19685d5f83127b047439b0d95cef80864f07583ed88be9bf
font_02_sfnt_off00010ceb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CEB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1