Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7a5adc2ca1022b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.9 KB Created: 2021-06-19 05:45:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 0378a3ac558492baf73daeb7025ca079 SHA-1: 7d9c43acbdca298fd926c941d164263a69a18ff0 SHA-256: c7a5adc2ca1022b049a1d36679cf5ddfdc11abce34e2eb829a9efc23058ed4ac
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 0.7891

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 https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf49a7b17aeecc49dc2ea914561476d1/78940115458.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/el51575h0j5kvdbcaro8gmp1jf/dofunojitiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorp.pl/userfiles/files/gejamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aeb3c2b3f7---60051013942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jenigatipezurarovekiwoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d12a5f09d1---14993184401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/906ad52f25b7dc1c9600d5450fc70192/zozegozotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgcaregiver.org/contents/files/98207924895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607257b479e98---3210480001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/44259015036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086db5f35b0c---mizaxizagotexigadopawufon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/78195378434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18e1628df4f1b3544686187bc3eb2c9/93666402051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081d4698938f---niviwemageba.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/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=hanuman+chalisa+nithyasree+mahadevan+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0fed60592357c1d6bc0bba6c4a1cd90/91278393580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text
    • http://www.geocities.com/mitra_anirban/hobbies.htmGNUIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmRegularIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00017197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17197 5476 bytes
SHA-256: e843253e23bc177fdcb1acad4bf7c296addc894aa27b3ea2a656f7dd0050a32c
font_01_sfnt_off00018421.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18421 3772 bytes
SHA-256: b9b49a3c453c53986d7a61d4291ac5a87065d82ff96be43ef0dca6427e6dc540
font_02_sfnt_off00018fc5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18FC5 13148 bytes
SHA-256: 50ebea0b775efcd992450710ddbecf4893cb90b5b234392d8eab212d3851bbb2

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