Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a7e147f43864364c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:17:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 6fbd213cc0c3c786540cbd34dfa20109 SHA-1: 08bc3510dbf19a0572126a683fe3c9ab3e35ec39 SHA-256: a7e147f43864364cd8801f9e2b541129c844fbcfd211935eb3ba1fae9b7d14a6
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is detected as a phishing trojan by ClamAV. Static analysis reveals it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and other domains. These links likely serve as a distribution point for further malicious activity, such as phishing or malware downloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4208

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hd+background+kinemaster PDF link annotation
    • https://www.stamfordtaxis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tiuughf7a73dvf9mla7ma2pajn/62554921830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efac14c136b8565b94de723594763077/wuregirijajelefukufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3308621fd4db3d9ad9ff012739de17c2/76566631078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poltinik.ru/userfiles/file/13382976474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/096fcf9fff1ada0d68abaeb97abfd853/99940535230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/044a1c96b3a3ac77e46176daf5d6f39b/powidenarulenuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/piwurirenapewudokus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n18q8n9lbpki37eb5cehgibdgg/rebapoweloji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83b96e0a34d5a2c11de02834a325d2e9/67422058450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grafitpoint.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/496f176be52c68689978a9ab663fd29d/8965542949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073b89d08be8---mafapif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvdeastudio.it/userfiles/files/3856569921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b508e60c00ed1f25b83d7d05535b5480/vuvokupanelibizogubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb418c4a604f83f4a3a6bfea8da2e42d/57314731303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087dea97d7fd---joduxowasozukifuxibaliv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e018c733df---31385746073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbufestival.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/fadulosupojikovurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f7773502f---77219384787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8f06381fcd---31298003859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c775259c90a---jofawetudegavitefidoganim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamtimeshare.com/userfiles/file/41476846983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samngaimarble.com/html_upload/file/380496158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adepotcustom.com/UploadFiles/file/20210502141132186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4686bcde0---49209328867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f5b83f04a---59081866115.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_off0000f312.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF312 16888 bytes
SHA-256: 15b1cf1384eb0b0faa76879bc8e08710bb4bd92ad659e6f884f22395f0d8a7f0
font_01_sfnt_off00011f05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F05 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1