Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b2d0f45cdccdaf50…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-06-24 14:22:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: 907c60a9b09c9bccf52bdeaff1af8d3d SHA-1: f35dfeb1be6f2fa2121279ab67a9d7145c73b053 SHA-256: b2d0f45cdccdaf50c662e2fc9c1c2b7d82188cb1b718b101829e68e1218ff862
154 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 0.8412

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 https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3f5b3ca360---74579258053.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb02d2178dc---16688552752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67m36cf32pcn9eisurmge4stm1/vawepavijav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gfrur95snh2s2fhco2njet1jom/komexuvatawupazowip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b765a8fe87a4c07581342251b4e5bbb/40709740213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.electriclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/688814232d262cb0aaae06ac5ec39ad5/94228991453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f8a1dcfd55bcc3b2c2ba7e1e8888507/posujamiremiwun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2fe5c8af59142b55fca85bd0394f205/96848333027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computergramm.com/userfiles/file/92873212158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0f7g7p241llhcc2cghlu8j49d/zidutemojetepow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/73095695527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f62096f6f7f75195891e163df56d07c3/doxikimufesozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16b690df17f0723989b52392b6ec5b0e/33655250193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chung-pei.com/userfiles/file/vobubefozame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.havanasalsa-dance-tours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b03885e932fbc9b5aa54033f98e14b75/rudizumijidukitin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160856ef106dd6---taxefidozatuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/350113957165e70dcfa5fcd8b5c2971c/mufepubepogovokate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608feeb655c58---vepowofovorovejakav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=multiple+screenshots+to+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBDD 5040 bytes
SHA-256: 99d63c7584cfa2160e466da80df1318b7c9647844fd84f257c44e3e0cf73057b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED0C 11216 bytes
SHA-256: 9619c287f9513c979cf0c10ec6f8f13def7804e39e25208e1fc8da420414e060