Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c1908a77acc582d0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.5 KB Created: 2021-05-07 06:04:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 9624bcd2a3396e5ee8bd96d3a0a1283a SHA-1: dbf51e6fb3ff5ac569c92ea8f80e426138e242d0 SHA-256: c1908a77acc582d02ad07ffbef56431eed2b7d2d7420b46395c0a382d511933e
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 0.9005

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://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca8c7aad78---regegewibafexojanow.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7f0e937051c8a2ff80288d5aac8f557/jufogenipap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cf536622eab916d1755effdef874748/tunojifizafevodokisibiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160791d0f7c190---96471018000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b63295b806---82264003637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9f3c10281---kefitakilijoweruk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://munord.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af8eca76581767c2a0b1ef17d5055847/guwigogiwojerunudelozabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1u6a7hpdrcdss1me1v05381qh2/mojigaguvabesepaniwatuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801084e4274---binogufeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160806a2e6a745---ganegiraral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084293fb9b3a---97414558546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c76191ee59.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/deppd1bs66qarfsiddrpjk23g9/luzipezemerusuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zopfitravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607543043ae88---mazanuwela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf045767e7---zumufovuwasalixerawiliz.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/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=christmas+choral+sheet+music+pdfPDF 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_off0000dbad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBAD 5300 bytes
SHA-256: e77afbbe48abe83abefaac84b8f7fd51c1fd33d2fd4fae50caa15d029c5b6ade
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED7D 10392 bytes
SHA-256: fae57858526ac2823665092d27bf66b729709fdad68255fc3154fb063cf0a7b0