Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9361c4c1c74bb521…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.3 KB Created: 2021-07-26 11:50:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 5b83ad13e7d426d0fbbdcb2aaf7f4423 SHA-1: 8dba19082a022c2b353b17f268e67a68e149c4cf SHA-256: 9361c4c1c74bb5219424db2afd52d2d36b6a1e4a26762b875df2afc38f24b3ff
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6426

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 https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb10c91d4c4599a9112937527436adbe/10783956993.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/10198692230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/napugomagimorafakakipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/31799332223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lavishlook.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56a58c5721dba31b3b8dd89c52668242/dafepadovasakopasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honmamon-s.com/img_seminar/userfiles//file/30024806229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kleinschadenexperte.de/userfiles/file/34690289533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa73a239a9b---merijakidulapewuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avvocatoandreabruschi.it/userfiles/files/48839804298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/los5a2tuar8rjr6j160epprvmb/wudanisedilubepawewagoxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carrentchiengmai.com/files/pajolowagimebaduvevopefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1ae089f0f4---11420112746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c23d16687ecab9a35e3c60572015dcfe/mawakulikexujamim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e9e5f37eae43dd8c9e5c6aea5780b82/nexaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ce15df642---vejizaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f708fa304d0---79486352418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbede2f668---78093916072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/fuvumufop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac6cc220510---57227435741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d4af1343c0ffc02532ea3f37a28594e/baxotipunado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurveda-shiatsu-nice.com/upload/files/23188438196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace2cb9bce1---bubevijeraxufuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad41f8112c---zorosaposobira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/12646352651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=piano+comping+rhythms+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_off0000efef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010801.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10801 17056 bytes
SHA-256: 9f119cda3b177383b5cb40448871e3e72af27a83008e2be4bb2983821715131e