Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 954c21098aedc76a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 11:42:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 213f96bdad7a53d7074669229db5eb7e SHA-1: 6fd82d80ed91c8da4ba06e03b3e8b47361ae753b SHA-256: 954c21098aedc76af1e148d25fcc959d4660b8d2297455a66492a54f5cd8db43
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV. 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 suspicious score 0.4750

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://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a56a5e5c6a1d152e989fc8af0ff466d/71509948158.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://guoyangmoju.com/userfiles/files/39669350726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160704193226c3---35129911766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2c63871b8---tefufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9285241f98---15880144054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/vojimokimesuziwakulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c604cc214e2---kozagobugexad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7b0a8a1e0c579025625af09f4545179/91350290831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://al-farh-iq.com/upload/userfiles/file/16780294722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b836bd3860---28386675966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1778dv9k30ddac6ck19ikhnkj1/40426782756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmdplus.com/userfiles/files/20210530_113606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankaser.com/userfiles/file/faviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kassa.pl/userfiles/file/rojukaxixuxokiminafijur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidlbrooks.com/clients/868292/File/tabevagodalaribumufunuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ca1eabeb2---74091761776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/64101562723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d34882a3e5---44854553188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160861d7471867---13406374833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a9aa50cbeffe8ef0bf2657ebbdefef9/gukevovewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users//file/natozazejajunozezug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609240e020a12---xapunovevizagefaren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akarchlight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b10431a5880c7b93b6e26bcaadcf848/favexuxozenagesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=messenger+showing+one+unread+messagePDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/tudezuzizawuwilikasolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eea4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA4 10732 bytes
SHA-256: c770b1bd42acedd794ee275444e63d888a8c6050c30d459d650972f71c0c515e
font_01_sfnt_off000106f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106F1 16164 bytes
SHA-256: fd494554c7a7a2c4488382a78096c535ff133766c7221992be4f6a58596b2467