Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ad6a2a9527106728…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.9 KB Created: 2021-08-27 10:33:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 6b1b4b11f263287bee8eafe76ce17809 SHA-1: 9134a6c3969e3ba010845f62991e7458aa2574d8 SHA-256: ad6a2a9527106728739603a2409ea1c3dad8ef9a9ffa9afae1f0065c722405bf
156 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 0.8462

Heuristics 6

  • 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
  • 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://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4333b36f6bec28db7091eaeb04e4da5/22303419093.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/gulezuxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb35cb16bb---zisumivudafizolinizonexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosiriosrl.it/userfiles/files/vikibaxugajavem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f84c6570396---xuraditedilafuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb720d8cf63---34203360471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miguktour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210720_2A45D2659B329D54.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svingenieria.cl/userfiles/file/90753255758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b4602fc4b---buxerofokomigufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16119498316739---levunasofuzut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa50139481---63839477320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092f60c578fb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expobar.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/movovotijometexixodubitog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2ab8398fd78419bd10f0efe1c31b979/4893779982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc4250e55205dc88f0bc62ec2ee7a2b4/12137955034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5ddb41dc6---42798516222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monacollection.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a1aac74fef44b73b34968db7770f6f9/44006568040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0af830adca---63389068332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesrealsense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puwikifunivovidajiwajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://socohoteldanang.com/uploads/image/files/27846979295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e68dab73b6fba8be0ab8d82b9f046bf/59420120575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khanaphatgroup.com/UserFiles/file/52327740352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dawahcity.com/userfiles/file/58304251585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=weird+looking+lettersPDF 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_off0000e890.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE890 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 457b9a39ca02182b6ef91e19bbaae9dc980ca604a00fa6cc894461678a5c2483
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffcf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFCF 16620 bytes
SHA-256: 6c98aaa2f536026caa352f3e7ebb2acb22004976e64485e244449c913aa6fddd
font_02_sfnt_off00012aec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AEC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1