Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a8fe622850bbfcf9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 01:21:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 15c02ce15f1ad494439d28579306faf7 SHA-1: 999efafbdda43b0297921806976a49d1aba078cd SHA-256: a8fe622850bbfcf942285d83f8609dffc53e9562ca0cc71bb392ab6e9812f0bb
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV. 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 suspicious score 0.4405

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://selfmadefilms.nl/userfiles/files/narogesenuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fkhsai2f9eh7sj27f16cn26me6/18643540864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c86a12de3d---jigevumen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodori247.com/uploads/files/43823946677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skkl.cn/filespath/files/20210815212048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/lipuxok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binhvi.com/upload/files/56704100357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/bujerike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34005683781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/56064933247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/37728242619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prodottoitalia.eu/userfiles/files/lejivakugupukulil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/peruro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keacg.com/upload/files/18896187115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e5fd28692666a3640c1efd316532a99/zigugiduli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/51711681674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mxag.com/upload/browse/file/fefizafulewawovopub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gvrkkph4h15h2seeep3ip098ck/19393148956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ufmsmg5klhjqspnmr0de7hbbbr/xubuwezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n6hhuvgov8ui6jrufdjcb8hlm1/mogajizazazudugakat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bdb4fb75e4---fisomitufabox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vet-arrighicolangelicristilli.eu/userfiles/files/vilifajajat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5340fe28f0---rijezil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=yoga+for+weight+loss+for+beginners+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c025.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC025 15864 bytes
SHA-256: beb69e5c08d8ec369d1cab7d960ae7c130b81c74451fc998eb467d724cc0b636
font_01_sfnt_off0000e88b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE88B 16576 bytes
SHA-256: 5c364c81a7fb26b682e528dfb9bb2ec7b7b3075c787315c09ee9bd972eb38d11
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFC7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1