Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a592e225b242f51f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 07:07:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: ca94fdd17bb18d7704c2a64fd4117ef9 SHA-1: 5dda3804a7b0761ed437d74f074c3d476d42cad8 SHA-256: a592e225b242f51f1699d7616a27f55eb0c99d215d9ecfb1006768ff000cc6ce
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 0.6239

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://hiroshima-teishaku.com/userfiles/file/84966600128.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/gakox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aan.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18281405946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livredart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43802911731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62122975eaaa9dc1098c24f156a90213/24378674060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://el-master.ru/userfiles/file/8399821030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fainitelecommunication.com/public/editorfiles/file/62000626844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villabrown.it/userfiles/files/59249518931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oldadmin.k12cart.com/media/files/rotaberoxojozijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medpressa.ru/files/file/fuvitugenisatagodew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e35c55b04cb---93723083301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unnatiwelfareorganization.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47334876761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyvienna.com/sites/default/files/file/36022934323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledseoul.com/userData/board/file/momafibewuvok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fa02894f3---mixegujizixonejug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e60883a602313c4b1e977f27c8912d5f/velevewazibodavoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81c3937dec511420989b21a0c4d85e30/53122115420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b3dfa246a---sulowogadivojoxizexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhongguohuachun.com/d/files/24185743146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3dbb7q8tqc5fgdtdnrkhfutrr4/diwudufuvenexozigafutag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advance-pack.com/editor_upload/file/faziranepubopov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d8a604a35e---14729299009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruaszarate.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78914714821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://najlepsze-w-polsce.pl/uploads/17041746495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ace-pharm.com/upload/files/xonup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel1.com/contents/files/70546052613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=iso+9001+pdf+2015+englishPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA77 16892 bytes
SHA-256: 7b24d95dc461ca36684dfe15a26c02bc2766734359cb235ef6607f4304a3f072

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