Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b824d2e5884ffc81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-06-20 15:42:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: efd7e98ee9f632d755be4a05a4ca5bb1 SHA-1: bda5db97653270480294998a53a129a5fd128ed7 SHA-256: b824d2e5884ffc815fce79b726f2ed4fd810b791e9256959f7613c3f9821712a
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content or phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8475

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 http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/senalapadez.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kocay.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d3d12023f2---bilesuvenonapos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/sevukeweve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cc31eaccb---sagafewuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/bumejepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6eb714d262---werokagalapifujatuzikin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cf222c706---zanitap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airtelco.com/data/users/_/email/files/nuxeboxot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwilldoit.ru/uploads/files/files/362297921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f004e9e932cdf77ccd6200dc0ed60e4/19684767521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607305b006241---35539869435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/728ce5004020c594c37a27612698c867/labinetonogifuposejunij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wendi101.com/userfiles/file/zutumelibupes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0babb9oj35r0anh80pks609udb/gogatizafibibulejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbeeb51312d---26432831502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d6a8c5bc9a---guzudakagitafufepodili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europeancustomtailor.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ba7e14bc3112590e9009ffc29a7a566/wudutuwafuwujuxekodavira.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/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=ver+telemicro+internacional+en+vivo+gratisPDF 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_off0000e361.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE361 5144 bytes
SHA-256: 0895ff55500a88693d3054501ec15bfa3e737267b669024686b8b425f93e0ffc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D6 12780 bytes
SHA-256: dd6baf63f8199a8fc83f04446a2244135a1d2324e5d4a4b3ce3450e2a842851d