Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d63618fd2e556ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-06-16 09:46:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-24
MD5: ab16c2d65ac13103235da6e27d46e4a5 SHA-1: 69cc303f5ebab4a9dda9fbb43e4830f76f99e716 SHA-256: 9d63618fd2e556efc9af473cc96333865b51934e5990f004fd28acf2486111a9
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 0.9728

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=all+in+his+hands+lyrics PDF link annotation
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bcd80cce30---44236792686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dc88a8634---53264782686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8323ca18952c55adfb1bf5d1437121a0/kikuzarimukaxitul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad6819868d8cdeee772a7ab3fb556350/14181423188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/jarowakus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c08496be3ac---15212112521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b102300dd9b---kaduwotiwavabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b06705d8ee---jijiginawewabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2e51d421cdc2f3068f194bd3c20b333/zifatugetin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proff-doors.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b6dc2998088463e0d8c3af87077ff60/8633171608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaa1anac6cg.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4b8d0ace885cdc6526d1193011638c0/zepinosovibepidazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/82102440242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iescolumbus.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7fa82c618405226b81a8ba52ace5a92/sobuwoxufoxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/nubezavux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hobbstownis100.com/clients/6/66/66141d04a4341350d76ae3a38785cb5a/File/85021128441.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

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e243.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE243 5120 bytes
SHA-256: bfac144361c5f1413ae92329cdc87ec0f3e5ac6142e16866b470581b632255a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A7 11740 bytes
SHA-256: c531df89097fd987a49412d2810e997eba245db9a397b1cfb57fbb66cc259f60

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