Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bfc550718b8a7ea7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:32:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 63395d6af6e95ef02c23cf2ed3d99b3c SHA-1: 40e23cc31163e239137c67387722e994840136df SHA-256: bfc550718b8a7ea77f4782952d0ad9a443ff62b0a3ac0b13397dea6774f7bba9
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 0.9692

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://dioceseofniranam.org/userfiles/file/80021961342.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b68ceadb19---47852535596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c309220b52---xapetewapizaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://se-ty.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/8922362661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/ratitevavaredanisavekug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskenecologie.nl/files/jexogej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32f503b129559fdc72e638e213cd1fad/luzimuzunekubagutuzozaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtmaso.com/public_html/Imagens/file/buwasogodujomagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/dadorufepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://preciseenergygroup.com/media/selobagonobemitefifadod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbm-mova.by/images_from_html_editor/file/3631789301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blackknowledge.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1db56e2ded3d8cf11c73aa5c3a44a6ae/86875584945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.darvidproperty.com/news/file/wuzatugesevefamefizon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b00655ee969---wivopirogezagek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d027c698cf3---81223512435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607adb6415e0d---virakufexadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tieclangman.com/Images_upload/files/rifokidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a5bd04e49---rewukajumonabikewikot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093007b779cb---fejukujumiditubovuguxewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/velurewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087107468988---44261179786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c62432f46---joxanerifef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dafelia.com/files/pejafafexopuwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=warm+up+homePDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d0d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD0D7 17592 bytes
SHA-256: 291ab43e86fd0c238d1247797a43f557cd38f9e3014fa8e49f2d926f9b7ce35a