Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c16ab9a3164a4355…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-07-08 13:20:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c5f0a327a9ee277511f083a6c730dec4 SHA-1: 933fbdd8fc48385b1564abd7720b76406c0f1fc6 SHA-256: c16ab9a3164a4355d042cb3b1e602371a0ff3006117b85495e129cfe16d28bae
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV. 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 clean score 0.1724

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 http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5661b8d0a---46676227958.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bizdrive.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160bd0c21e4e38---kabum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1697d0636ce488065f62d4dfe318cf1/fovedixuferonomotomarikiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cdd0560eb4---64996262570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8af375f2480afc8429fb3327d1a05751/15630108171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d63c4f9d18b08343f40364d9ee3e789/89692881309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de5b3bcab07---powokiriwozufavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m2m2design.com/userfiles/29627231008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/stguvi8epc4vj5eu3fbdd3jn33/juxifepapoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6811c06d8e---kexutarorumiposoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab0d80335548229a2db7b7e52ca999ef/26273318064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hma6lhdte3pqdv38108odq0m9i/polutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alves.bg/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lejuwipekejosuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b02efa12e9f---84892161629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sankofalectureseries.com/clients/a/ae/ae3037074ff26ae8502dacd236f4ced8/File/23700465071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77d7c152f32bd42ca5e68954a33d3ea4/4322926338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0930actress.com/files/files/tivelabifotepipikatemojup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607411fb75a4d---89044282353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meruzhankhachatryan.com/app/webroot/files/file/52064471532.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/patedojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://securitydirect.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74fbf2dd3d431773cb0e6441aec94ba0/jogogodabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beepost.vn/upload/userfiles/files/tikawamafojawef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexkarvan.com/cache/fck_files/file/kaseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://julieesteban.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b49fd55ad0e---puxirumijibubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parc-hotel.info/file/5552581496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea9c4c62567e6275896f26c01bbba252/sotupebufedopananajozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8bb9f488e9---vuripibesumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=general+solution+2nd+order+differential+equationPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00012a80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A80 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 2e6f58ffd4764814c206089b6e0ba08ba076ae3b968f2631f8421e44a9ae2b92
font_01_sfnt_off00015802.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15802 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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