Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bcf840d25742b8cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.7 KB Created: 2021-07-08 01:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 4643dc209f70b3c8693ce4706b5a6bb8 SHA-1: 4ae579eec08c48f358eed40057179206083baae5 SHA-256: bcf840d25742b8cbe1976fc122c76faaa26780b325a4de96956dbe367dce5d43
154 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 0.6208

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://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2529a3781cdd4728f6216351d739fc50/65626495410.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87bda69ad0bb5a3b0c6027ab90a7f676/zenikipofokokinuwuxowoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elitestrategyglobal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19a8a052b9ee0d90b25dfac4744a263b/tekow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/jipeduzaledijubajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://udmvdpo.ru/images/files/43371967151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///2450400336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dcd6402ddb736dfd51ab07e38529f06/tisodukudolenasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/428e58vla9i0i8qbio04judn08/gejitozowalepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highlandcougars83.com/clients/2/26/268573c5102cd00412bac87cee9346ec/File/jomomupafujavukomafono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biotop-zamosc.pl/userfiles/file/fuxezenoruvadokuweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://georgefamilyreunion.org/clients/86186/File/pufitodag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/likobixelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bm3st8houikuc0vfgsoivbi12/95476887014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6926bed320da0fddb8e556dd7960dd66/vegumavofenazusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peretprod.ro/content-images/file/65397105262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geniodelweb.com/file/98522514804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t56ctsvtkva5p13kvlfcsk3fo9/rigajulimukopeseli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dataction.org/demo/dataction/media/judasiwawosajaluvaxofizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.msolartop.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d03ee8f00d5---vedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850d9357ede---letodusufuvijite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad570e914bf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85ffc14d172162c6c2f3042522e63647/bumugabumujiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85374e2ac6---pipojuridiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=the+meaning+of+impudencePDF 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_off0000d78e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD78E 2892 bytes
SHA-256: 0a5be029acdebdfd4df911f133fba49ba3bac680f29000a39a695657367b0507
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3b4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3B4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbc6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBC6 23240 bytes
SHA-256: a7557d82b2a4fc1e5ceec7e96e078bd5da9ac8c3d066cae8d15b2f97e6ca6d2d