Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9bc362ee7003027b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-06-14 14:05:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: a3c626f92f2869547ba9b8ce9714f9b0 SHA-1: c025880cf1c7081c5adb5bf7204227727b3329ea SHA-256: 9bc362ee7003027bc31e5a46a1fc3a204fba18c3317493441ac13562ed564a6e
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 0.8696

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+organize+pdfs PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2gviiai7ivkgm3n2jdbhk45flc/92501277947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3987209be---63621221850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779ffc8f117---nanevujuxepigasapavilalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitaleny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfdae7c69c34fd60d2639f9554017a24/80086356713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160708820411d9---40051936308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b83760000c6---95303327368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6f7b09b3fb---gisufalamabujusakobajarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dfc6a7e74fdb4409f12f62c814e77d6/64707313433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dfb16e63814dbd1af745c02719ccb02/wamuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f588afe81b734523a004ae5b5c1ea19e/modekej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160b066c736b03---95561562541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d540f45063---kagipepopiwojosagokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/721baf88fa6189f312a87e32b1d50c68/31100981044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beetsom.com/PROGRAM_FCKeditor_UserFiles/file/1812697527609452cc6fe34.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s21ui30ht0lcgaf10in15okh5d/resomoxalak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5590a762f2c58a73e9f69dc3e2708c02/najitarifuxekawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10592 5068 bytes
SHA-256: 2de20ee4cb5bd68d4db43ad4bb26e3d777e714d75ffe656fcfab2a4d89e8e9c0
font_01_sfnt_off000116f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116F4 12436 bytes
SHA-256: 02cbe3b911ee27b7b23846f844b9ae3ce5a3188f99d08e9acc25ca446ddb3417

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