Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a96b73eecf814ce3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-06-14 05:00:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 481e129f821c764cd327deae84d47be6 SHA-1: 1de9be75559ddaf937b1c22b7ecaf40993943242 SHA-256: a96b73eecf814ce3acafc5add1ac3230fc18fb882a7ec528e6bbde7a3d73bd37
156 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 0.9211

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=introduction+to+chemical+engineering+thermodynamics+smith PDF link annotation
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1651c070d---lifagutoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5tgl4gj1t8tinb57jac5aigc4/96873633466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ac-kenigsberg.ru/files/file/najawuzubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8n21trnq2kivae13kl7p988401/28786494445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/fodurojukibivuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://analogsys.com/uploaded/file/125543184060a48e06a8782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adabaskimerkezi.com/upload/file/62828888639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160754c5001c8a---93090768894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fkhd.cz/data/img/57996166818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myosiaffiliate.com/199trust/img/file/21767787079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents//files/pusivalamigimolen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/47826340470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cef7fad455---8468565344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/53073986674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072abfe42897---81550134631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/28529560091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083a9c4cffd2---40351291366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/kidulovedipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e7dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7DC 5272 bytes
SHA-256: 4fc9d94ac55a0f678eb6caf49325cd9a841cf45ba007360009801bfdbffa0acd
font_01_sfnt_off0000f997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF997 11796 bytes
SHA-256: fa1e581594d19787cdf8beec39a237f30f1a3feff2bc0cf62ca8afa07b91225e
font_02_sfnt_off0001204a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1204A 4324 bytes
SHA-256: cd94ef65598b1866d0653cdd88243d989fd81359c0e770c2d3a4858f1c2f6d34

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