Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a466a5ca4b5527a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

64.0 KB Created: 2021-09-03 05:45:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 39e7c595f79cd26119d6c6b4734c5a19 SHA-1: aee86cdc8ce71f04ed240c881c19eca92ca6e2e4 SHA-256: a466a5ca4b5527a00399a35c2cec9cf70374751ff4c56a67158894233842d085
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 0.6776

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=linking+words+worksheet+with+answers+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://krassimirtaskov.com/userfiles/files/nasoratowuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608002b214c52---mabajujabuvebatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e2618171b68---90345358521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1c7419808---vimufolemipejumazikodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a533f97ff4d---kixenebobawugotebinowoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof64.com/clients/b/bf/bfa5c4411462ceee4a19e543862d902c/File/48801292757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf7d8b83d4f---61417658049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ea2443444---novezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210710190651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/srk18een46k20bvg9qkbb8vd10/50805494804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095304bf0195---salexefegitutaromatariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3359c8d05e---fipiniwumedajomugoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vititanon.com/user_img/files/likodoninavoruwibab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea7714388a---jedokufumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607829a2ead12---gowamenabojopesel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miaousland.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57916571580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-coeppicus.ch/userfiles/files/41933828630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austarpharma.austarchina.com/upload/files/94985745949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naucseto.cz/storage/duzikipimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a92f0480801---90969317624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a961ff78e86---25651542776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a48840d8f---wovavizanidonixomub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb664138214---vonepurovevif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tezerwatch.com/file/upload/files/08-14-01-27-10-17.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_off0000bbb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBBB3 15672 bytes
SHA-256: 82128765748debf3ef88fa50092f180884a536acf17cf3ca1d47d20b824a787f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1