Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95218707c6491d3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-06-25 09:50:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: e70e3aee8a91239d086d426773da44a1 SHA-1: 2af9a56887676ea4163d3fc5bf3ffd333058ffca SHA-256: 95218707c6491d3afb9faf754b73e7b37c79af4f185a7cc6cee82f6e637eec80
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm. The embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics indicate an attempt to direct users to potentially malicious content or downloads, likely disguised as legitimate resources.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8169

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 http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078af415a291---68607787465.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d17f548538d60fbcde6510434f99cfa/38930483038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf4329bd96b---59294499428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoangle.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/44776965431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northcity.rs/slike/files/ritabawigosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608116135d3ee---43989162172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2228162461---54177988754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e43cc12a4c---52488935180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://papiratisk.cz/soubory/34513020290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ef6728c3e55b56eb52acd3042cde3d6/jonetukukebeponopiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrpst.pl/userfiles/file/9483215458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/65914688802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb404170941f98b3781d338078bab3e6/48400007230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9f9a38fc45034e937d3cd81d5fcbe445/tubuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f8c65f8e1---jobozarunovepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=class+5+english+book+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dccb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCCB 5316 bytes
SHA-256: 02129043a9c40c0d5ab4e94c74e3a085cab4244681302ae7cb7a4953af99501f
font_01_sfnt_off0000eee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEE8 3720 bytes
SHA-256: 6539b129c5cd894636dc8f40f53a156c00c8f46378ab4f137c96d687a1cff6ed
font_02_sfnt_off0000fa43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA43 1800 bytes
SHA-256: daad3f347a4f42f432ee9983e619a7c063e36761dba5934b469418034847e28e
font_03_sfnt_off000102d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102D1 10664 bytes
SHA-256: 8a6d8d7edfddf77b27373a1760ff3c4f7cb8ae23809a79938210871653a24237
font_04_sfnt_off00012732.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12732 6688 bytes
SHA-256: 8e46608bf2b78087ac215e956c0d20e3040b0218f5c8904b71db5874e65320ff