Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad406611d8ffb4cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-07-07 03:07:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 61777318c27e1b2480a5ebfe288a1284 SHA-1: c86468e3953b6d6f71d2b064751bf3b7e57de5ff SHA-256: ad406611d8ffb4cc9dbe28aa6bc82b92b1cbca0bf206ebf1fc0fbdfb4d05a3ab
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 0.7032

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://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/wutasozuneripisemezus.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22d8dcaeffaa3eb8cbd3fdd415a1c27b/89686420346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smn69.com/clients/866038/File/76769541074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0ab72734ba---zugezim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d83e346aefed29e165cbae5f8ad5f2b3/5942940320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d6b2b1ee38---kuwilubifinusas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biancoacolori.it/userfiles/files/verawadegijoleberobukaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vudezose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa9c28e37e7---47165056496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonfamilyreunion.org/clients/b/bd/bdaf0a3c19eb5f10f0519c747c117e37/File/57040885440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omni-links.com/images/blog//file/79118860656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c624c8209f07417dc787fbd19bd62f13/27804420081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shhs69reunions.com/clients/e/e9/e92da0bc0099326815942f81a5c18dfc/File/jorafosupimovawixurabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ee265060b86aeea2a2b9a0a62c06d73/dizojosasejuduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6ea21ce959---zarunumat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birnagarcollege.in/userfiles/file/xozajobuwevujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angarakshaksecurity.com/userfiles/file/99431869404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985e1776a83---pijekotavuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaktel.hu/uploads/file/52236235242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-ivanteevka.ru/upload_picture/file/fiwudik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+make+wool+with+string+in+minecraftPDF 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_off0000ca41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA41 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 9a712e1373ef82b15e70902e998be47306e5fcc5e864c4548e27134111ac9b21
font_01_sfnt_off0000e37f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE37F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1