Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a887d10e8a672193…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.9 KB Created: 2021-07-05 06:32:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 64e80942720b531a5dae7cdaf8efb419 SHA-1: 5181557548cee1aa1e012e44d4588f5016ee5b41 SHA-256: a887d10e8a67219311b1e0c38e32eb08bb6bf77e173f6dc97c54d78a71848885
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, identified by heuristics as a link farm. The ClamAV detection 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly suggests a malicious intent, likely to lure users to phishing sites or download further malware. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns indicate a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.2676

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 http://forumcutuca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xegifewojoxalizunegapa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79fd1f98f81959caddd27fed3bb4c3c2/zatokob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af34f39bd45---32549557668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ac66acef6---tusikadegofilunimupef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c2705070f---vewulabufovemivamelerexob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc9b40774c---muximekiwusunorawekezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrt-foto.hu/_user/file/11760377180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c109c0b664fe1fc65f88a8636f0d9db9/39647377078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/80458800536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://independentmusicleague.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce0d1d4b087a87eb7c15c1eaec96d1da/mulimadamexegos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c9efce2ac9---29565617753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.empresasdelimpeza.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926cfd7cb6e---sololanasirigepamuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuifan.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-8/20210508124739393120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9747e0b0502cbbf630fd6868ff56f962/67952050443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2mus.pro/clients/b/b1/b1ca46fdb12d68e762e4a8b3318caec0/File/vilolamigebuzed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3f8d50c9e---69356769722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://italvaping.com/file/mumomileneno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubin2000-distribuitorshop.ro/userfiles/file/26243746076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876cfb860bf---kutetupuregelikawuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.afamaresme.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810465d5129---puzukapiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085099d77fac---6435336443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c3485c26f---negujokizawowegino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anbao.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/jasoxozijiwonojefolox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607301d4ed8c6---63456972330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/91658847960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e167c5da109---74868689218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=sample+physical+exam+formPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e551.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE551 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD63 16428 bytes
SHA-256: decdea312e6e575cd94aae7e3f560e6ce1a72cc442e1106252306f1bcbb986ee

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