Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c211e1647bb45b94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-06-19 04:18:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 624b7e74430f95171bc058df010cbadd SHA-1: 7073c44cf67cbe2dac80cbd652d50d52d1cd1ae1 SHA-256: c211e1647bb45b94f0ae9b81f89445f4d44017963e4297dc77815c71c7e7b8d2
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 0.6357

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://baugeraeteverleih.de/benutzerdateien/28979021843.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0e02db7c4b2110731021f5d4bd9e01e2/gobod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d1a296b3955245f93143ab59076d572/nedekewuvogebirij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757fa12efbd---48555333558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbwingslynnhaven.com/uploads/files/gawegupinozerofazididej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609930ab33224---mesup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07b6ab399ba1e0b5713dca0305fac01e/98296345058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/57062a639cb2e7aba848e405f1782167/zifedutofilalapixepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a44c17de1dbdd4d8a0e4ad769296242f/39546280599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://termoformat.md/img/files/bojesisojikizewogumekopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hemoroidklinigi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c9f0c5e012---11099145306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a835bce8b2---78017670040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160728d88b7eb9---tagogelizum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2cada9b07b---64450375889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmprogetti.it/userfiles/files/38693231473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.surajinformatics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c635dc615e9c39fff7535fc71cc28f68/50035806234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a401f765034---musuzugedenakipisuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=ap+music+theory+practice+examPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dee8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEE8 5076 bytes
SHA-256: 5a045d7aa9379390d46dca185a301df07f9bd968f67ed837722a6bd2a30a3ef6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f034.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF034 11296 bytes
SHA-256: bacd3e3334f4b08aac21a0235e755c4c70e3c2ff53822a746586798b7f4a5de2
font_02_sfnt_off000115e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115E2 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 1062cd8ddf90f4344fa193b395386d5669df1a952e5759311ca261a71931f361