Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7c89a0b2f54742d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.3 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:52:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: aa9d31f15210227b15e61ac523802b85 SHA-1: cb6fe32ab3bc97d7edbbbce8dec9c61827a163da SHA-256: b7c89a0b2f54742dfc60f016eea4660a99ee39b972dfa4a259d2cc5cc183f93a
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as a phishing trojan by ClamAV. Static analysis revealed numerous URLs embedded within the PDF, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to direct users to malicious sites, likely for phishing or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4393

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=compendio+manual+de+la+biblia+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/felomesuxatoxotivede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c95de1610d43a8cf1926e2631db7d2a8/tagalajazulerumurobekijob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/60690884984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meyanko.com/userfiles/file///folopevajuzojajetido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070791a8892e---57899127515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lcj3colrbrhbg5d3jh324esfht/kinomujevekosozamenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debo-fit.be/userfiles/file///setorakidifololadojexefen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iringmalaysia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32614323883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b74a87ca6031e9dc5bc1cbd626cd1c14/suwumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091d8c8966e6---xixoromatifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipadel.com/userfiles/file/45086486070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/kodulasemagekixip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wx-test.com/upload/ckimg/files/202108131847109770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/75950551959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf27252ae1c4ddfa122a0621de4d3ad0/tugemilowonifemokevum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9405a8d73ef5df02a97f6455275ee4b9/27238825688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2j10r71el9616n96bce7bmboi2/budil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f696e0cb5---5808167732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndmi780a34lu61gpskro55lfmp/70842770391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799b18dea43---55376595949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkmate.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210717_2FF1A3F4286EDAB4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mixedclass.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0laj5guj18jqihmu03shbe31sl/kutukusikagijuzob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasantviharproperties.com/userfiles/file/6767579519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enidbtwcreunion.com/clients/5/52/52e94d62e82ff66504c7d921fc07bf70/File/85977057756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cf1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF1B 10564 bytes
SHA-256: f82665316dc64c7be13f004f5d0990de4213d90aff0fd6ca5e47966e22e32190
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1