Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9699c3f2871db66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

101.5 KB Created: 2021-06-19 01:22:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 76224e511134edda21ed98ef099cd238 SHA-1: 13a864211214aacfa46c84640d9f374d41d5d575 SHA-256: c9699c3f2871db664113ee7497af48165649a67113eceb404d96d9def6597f18
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 0.7199

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 http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/xuwujujolaniwoxowile.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b027f127f---74044164970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c90fc408c9---mobit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0cd5285eb2b3e464b6d07e5a78a20d7/63307521184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852514ea59a---simagufakanibutezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulrike-mayer.de/userfiles/files/76980971653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/10299524968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saovietgroup.com/upload/FCK/file/gafonudilej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evboosters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c323492067030ac790952faeef13840/85704942090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tea-ra.com/user_data/upload/save_image/files/49777657574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609412adc524f---kuvawele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/nunazafulututupuse.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/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=mythic+odysseys+of+theros+pdf+freePDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6e2e33da910ed821351129eda226b26/posonenajubajisizuwadiku.pdfIn 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_off00012b42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B42 21988 bytes
SHA-256: ff316ec80fe7f9e0c08f0b3360f4634480b590d019a3420d2d32900b51dd8c1a
font_01_sfnt_off0001706f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1706F 4788 bytes
SHA-256: e78865a4a15cfcb1326e93a2b0a92d4738273dd75f5360f77e7b1f5a3036118e

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