Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96f07d51ce204573…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-07-05 02:47:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 687a4ae3372630129dafe7015248f99d SHA-1: dff2c38e05d3cf77d8f047c8ecfb02c66b05417a SHA-256: 96f07d51ce20457318c084fe34d6d28b9720828eef9f6284b321f89b6e2a5694
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 0.8658

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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=words+about+taste PDF link annotation
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/etcplu30lukt63qrk159pap5t7/35879712992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6390f019490ec0e9834fcc4a690c6222/nukefigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/rapabilapaxositerupelepov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lt101shop.com/userfiles/files/bagiputoviferibosave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v003270p5h1u6eb225hoqa74d7/32332431354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mnarch.it/userfiles/files/betopewifegideb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a43e9716b7fdd0c982e9b87b0da07ee4/koranodulawuxonozewapoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98291f9c50764b2baff3dee0c28067fb/kalegiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a161bf88b01---38587709731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://photou.cc//ckfinder/userfiles/files/93402481653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bb65617f1094629d74558c1f33ba674/6754153222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88448779571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomisszio.hu/tmp/gapawop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be872e550df---rekuvivimusiturupiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cf55d1eb7c3dead2646c55a3900292d/44061314955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c27964fe1---95080754058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/497385a6cfb127bab8b407148c0c910a/bixubisuxifakezularogaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikidi.com/UpFiles/WebEditorFiles/file/99151402679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ehblending.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c62beb3418428a196cb15fd384f049f/86171955915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjusjdokn4hn8ffolbdlaja97r/wofulinaxijuravos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079cd037dac3---sobijoladibisi.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_off0000f04c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF04C 17508 bytes
SHA-256: 651761e011ab2e5916e846d192b17cbcea9a872a3a16a30a68a79ebc6cf55430
font_01_sfnt_off00011e11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E11 17208 bytes
SHA-256: 6860f7051ef696535ea92a653bcea1475e5e0f97e389e746d8f090580fe3a3e4