Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 94a0995edc3b2ee5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-08-16 12:48:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 39541661289f05e06add2ddb03ec65ec SHA-1: 7d544ec4fe7365fd62d9bbf81bb825415cfdfb37 SHA-256: 94a0995edc3b2ee57909cbe3575503aa8a53a2c7729122c1e6f2279fd997a064
154 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 0.8140

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beauty+and+the+beast+2017+full+movie+tamil+dubbed+2017+tamilyogi PDF link annotation
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac8553ba904---bipikimujowazonafobim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24345cc897551ecf5c1972b343edc030/kodemifamitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1adp1kvc8udnlhks1svhgvno67/3353065854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/musofoputabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608930f24acdb---89506958238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608413feed27d---kiwirafetupukifedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/nabatobuvopumokaravome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.colormotion.cz/UserFiles/file/komokajujudimaxofazimutez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/45828772777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c032236ddc8---30720966837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carroll1975.com/clients/4/4e/4e2b018d07aaa5a30c3e4fca1c7a8df7/File/28909844215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/jarodokaxamalegob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yulintimber.cn/d/files/83735378623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.justgiveahand.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d3da140b3c---52451596753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imaginove.eu/data/Files/31329961654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/neas7hbs8otp63895kbf4jof0l/72360046530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c9c82b2e00e89cea04a0f915526ba1a/bebobovofedafesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ottopianos.nl/files/bilogokotowazogotesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d781846b62bba932cc052260841c4596/dibaximi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a38e124344---diladadofuzupugoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roycraft.ca/userfiles/file/sefalizadeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupogmec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3e386aa384---21055141622.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_off0000e532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE532 16352 bytes
SHA-256: f3c7ace0f379fdee4f9c42c46bd9608467e1b92f3228edbeaf6a8dfb27a72f2b
font_01_sfnt_off00010fc9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FC9 11520 bytes
SHA-256: 0ac965179d2f651d88bc598d9ddfed9faf4cb2723e4d51e8c2595524cd8b0d13
font_02_sfnt_off00012ad1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AD1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1