Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9f8029aa1cc38abd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:38:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 4829fdb41c4d6585a448415033ef0c57 SHA-1: fabf6859fe7d2510a99e673b16794d2f13fd98a9 SHA-256: 9f8029aa1cc38abd4189536ff87de8fd39b77c431eedac5539c743af4d662880
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely intended to lure users to phishing pages or download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6612

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://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baaa2f0320395ace703c8e3268a47042/giterajusuvoguxukobe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b7c1955ab---15377074753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saipanbooking.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210831_37CFAF1321ACFB00.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16075dc37d6202---xinejetelezof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aymfly.com/aym_image/files/25717937911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2d9b697df8---87638286164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c8e770c72b54fbba1bb3e7423ceb562/xefejamijemudutilurorijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4554214406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l6tbhpjv0ea2t2sjh8nb71jsfp/74516282941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d979476aa---26198236456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mevlanaasm.com/resimler/files/34556342997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k12kos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guzikojezapuzaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e0d809fe1---21136536459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hzautomatisering.nl/userfiles/file/fokapovojifesokebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivfnna.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7d7e9148b29fe37f490d315da9d1ce6/gakuzipov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.papelerialapiceros.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88816409814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knuhpharm.kr/userfiles/file/20210726124727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/91389936816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutot99.com/webroot/img/files/42086631720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talani.nl/userfiles/image/file/9822769439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/kozuluverexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iaido-iaijutsu.ru/userfiles_exc/letidaruzefepefurogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://byecook.com/ckupload/files/14894383142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/neditef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://honda-otolongan.com/upload/files/11989832052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qn77deh0m6nfd29ne6chpmfos6/ravogovix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=iodometric+and+iodimetric+titration+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b82d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB82D 10516 bytes
SHA-256: 6ebd25eae831a2b08a0af91af6fb55ff63095494e7287fe0d30dfc9899510d38