Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7e12234ac55fef1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-05-30 19:51:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 68f82714d502b077983fe69b9929d668 SHA-1: e4ed6cccf4ec2d31fce5bb6f63da8789df9c9829 SHA-256: b7e12234ac55fef14ad28156007921e231c134bebc0a9296d4783f0fefe6fa63
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 0.5225

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=sistemas+de+producci%25C3%25B3n+planeaci%25C3%25B3n+an%25C3%25A1lisis+y+control+riggs+pdf+gratis PDF link annotation
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c68e14c4fa---16154124218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dba9cf88092a7c7326fb85d66a34ff76/21783039573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecd0fdb6d8eca23d279d5385a6fd1751/dejitolomiwodes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thealloywheelcentre.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97a0008d3f10d1eb637fb46489da2c9e/bomavuvirumatewarewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae03047035---37327161872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160899ac6ebdda---ragof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092ac220ef5e---nowotupimilemozekebukogub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8lu4gk9172dcrf18p5eqek6jt6/filitevokijureva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a442489e9bb051444da1818472d404d5/64208953701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021050416582973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73d00c661f---giremusesukegakibuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b68210db84---19893347604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tourister.kr/userfiles/file/1632468233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074dbc0b5e2c---20708587819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdfa25997b8570716ad50eb2d54d5efb/vumutoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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_off00011ecf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ECF 3312 bytes
SHA-256: 19fe6d3511270ee3ff4fbce704f5f4a9fb9182a4344e37e40a38d55828b07e20
font_01_sfnt_off00012ab0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AB0 6048 bytes
SHA-256: 4c8fd65e7de651c8d4cf68b1bac5a32a8457062e2e0fe59ea947bce79edeffc2
font_02_sfnt_off00013e66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E66 13444 bytes
SHA-256: 3ece51853e4a61d3fe2c818f23622a54fe764ce89669d8d1469834ac755737d9