Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1589dbeaaa922da…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-05-29 12:16:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: eb29a76d0ffcaf9f38464aa322d10cdb SHA-1: 202072ef5274cc6cb22034d9dc62f979afee63dc SHA-256: a1589dbeaaa922da9408b8d1d18ce4aa2cda3a36930cdd4e08028f35485994d5
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware delivery mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8143

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 http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/fuzurekabafetilabutave.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5ng84i2o5fi5535fbgn741pns/97703271106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e6477c293e---vomutabolutobipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhruamuinanobac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bk8ve6krr6gn318sf6af13nsqu/54809747595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c152b878184ccdbc021cb1d8f8589a7/fekafoguwasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afe7a72595---69769101279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luxurytravel-show.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a2e1b5fdb956057a9d98a60c4c5b1e1/98240278247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns-russia.ru/userfiles/file/24814022411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1391f1aa7---37596996426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607087d471b6e---tinobibepoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94a060a33bdc890f998848dbd29d9b5f/92841323417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc2d8d6c21a1217e055647f7b0fa46b4/28083187921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rap5qssbq81dr22acnqdibokda/13507008731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/81692759015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliglobshop.com/userfiles/file/75461182868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bbb6d9bccf3dd24eb5433697cb533110/33638613934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+mazinger+z+dashPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f701.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF701 4092 bytes
SHA-256: 5e9852ce564e9bed91cdf10a1990ed1778a25a01c5bc89143ecb16c1a10fdade
font_01_sfnt_off0001058b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1058B 5368 bytes
SHA-256: 0e49d0e849bc2d44c8133fb52d85ea8eac1a1f999c1b7c20282f10e32d7421a5
font_02_sfnt_off000117b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117B1 11352 bytes
SHA-256: 0f37fd106036451ed35d8e8fc1fe26f0f21ad15dc0d3c7cd51ccbd05dfe947ed

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