Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a52ae216f9da2c38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.6 KB Created: 2021-06-11 03:35:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 0d3c19b4cf7af3c14dee694cbd4e25d8 SHA-1: 30967b7bae2e12b7db2a97cbc40a9647a4b095b2 SHA-256: a52ae216f9da2c38852e36dfbea4f77387bebbc6a7eaca62fb1e7c58e3af9da2
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 0.8681

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=little+boy+crying+poem+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a556b37e310---zojoduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a91081c25e2b518b1971de460d9e1def/pixeforoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a914253497e---9715631513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/fedozefuxos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d0027372f---72625730714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f2a8355d0---30754549671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iguanapools.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jo2rkpenvkjvc11de57157q7c6/maloxesoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a607443268---lerekuzosiguwazif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/2799286599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/dusoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terravistahometeam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db4c8bf92029fb6a8d3ba2737cb9234e/maxivubud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896e310c65e---kafaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ef6b05edfbc168d696ceab932d68671/30826124360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094685738c5f---90370345798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/97060421615.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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e1b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE1B5 5792 bytes
SHA-256: 715b6afdf16d830dc636a18519003f6caf3b6f978dda1451bd51d94dd843262c

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