Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7e6b3e64a081c90…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.4 KB Created: 2021-06-14 07:50:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 861f25de7ead5aaf3ac7afae97026cb1 SHA-1: 964106ff43c3a7c6e1013ddfe2efb39fdf86ef32 SHA-256: c7e6b3e64a081c90d21bc573325a4eefe616194854c30f90ca2c81bf093717de
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The primary purpose appears to be directing users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9059

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 https://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=katta+hu+lakho+lamhe+lyrics PDF link annotation
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed559ea9f0---xujolemonadirunegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1403c76a2c1dad695656dfb6e7025d12/74821736577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/files/59947777920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razdolle.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89hj3qkna1sqb6rvk6g6s3m9q5/29133705854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p99.tw/pro_pic/files/wowopomawuvopuzixedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9d10e61e546f1007ae67d674d1c5cb9/kekud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studiovizia.com/webroot/img/content/files/95165960074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac131297c91---85958432941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef92c1cebe---zofotezela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c177e72257f---68740902819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1s8lel7srpiv64706e0g3b1ta/46263623277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--szabowski-tub.pl/userfiles/file/falaxiberudazadukudug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b8b80f24a---vutonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munsusa.org/userfiles/file/20210515044911.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce3797c20c---bupewuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d72d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD72D 5172 bytes
SHA-256: 48d58f958ee8d425376c4e33da5510808a5b810a75344424199db475e7de3ba0
font_01_sfnt_off0000e8a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8A2 10360 bytes
SHA-256: d51a037538c4141349b41be356f4a22abca198ea3af355ffc7ba0bfea08f6205