Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7ef6fb459349745…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-06-12 21:29:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 37dad5d012d1e5b2a71f5668b2bebf94 SHA-1: cfb4e4a089bbd0ff3259eb47aec339651de5909d SHA-256: c7ef6fb459349745ba63e3e1bceff7c5ba3f1c4a470131edabdaddfd84ca665d
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 0.6896

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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=crack+for+autocad+2016 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/355c42a04aead2f8c2d32eb09e8c6093/jaduzelatamejozobugaxeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078622017977---pukofufogaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607057490a8c8---wilinixejapuwowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a76173da9c---85544731506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arihantgranites.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eju193jfiucrcib25ulkk2fvo4/91890039943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lprskaarvnjbhfahslvijva560/rukutajewetuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cc8c444d08---89826659725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acdff619e98---8533116115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c93413cd5647347b5b447645fd3269e1/70903965422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s5lov3cm38l7o0dmslfcm55ro7/gawowamumisabujedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d9d2518da67f46f1079018654c73bf8/bekajajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gc9b3l283aidguen3lgngp4dkg/nipusag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c496d61e648---pesukiroberibugejedinete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5bfb0bce098fa59dd0f547f606ebe400/85788188199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burmesecatclub.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f4bf545769a672d886a6bef7980955c/50573484524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8278046131---87502680486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa9dde569d---51361340769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opentle.orgIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off000101e3.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x101E3 13804 bytes
SHA-256: 16a6ce40e88e98288286491d39b58b89a1a5e61d3cd15f5f928ff7bd6f09918c
font_00_sfnt_off0000effc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFFC 5252 bytes
SHA-256: ce21d9a868790e54e0fb7e9f2567a9e5b34c216e8df4eb8f65ee96eede97558f