Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c96b62903a198c5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-08-14 00:52:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 6d73fe4b61c3caff88cce762c99e3c16 SHA-1: af19832f8777e4227cb1c19ca93514ed01982435 SHA-256: c96b62903a198c5d779f539f2e5cf22a6c564fc7549249475f14720aad68182f
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into clicking malicious links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan. The presence of numerous links hosted on compromised CMS upload directories reinforces the nature of this file as a distribution point for further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7439

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://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7ddd19dd51---45022493124.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e1e843034---sodizunofufiguvate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8t917rig7adope5g2u7egf9nss/16575856071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088602b911c2---desot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativetechno.in/userfiles/file/jumixozaval.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d35acb65aa67f787a33c16963684cec0/keluduvasotiraluwopirofen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gfb.it/upload/fck/file/75830396844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991c9859f79---30421130460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/85330552492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/51770470091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f118c4933---lobatutumevorubur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608082efecdcf---jumesubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/jizinadado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landi-bg.com/images/file/54425555031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stjohnhomelessshelter.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8b2cfb628f8e4dfd5e23447ac48683a/xepavogebifedifogivas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fef990090b---95152217928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dr-onesrl.com/userfiles/files/49809846377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xunijazarajesujiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shj0samhideb6js2oirkmmb9gh/71042034534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokuda2.com/contents//files/varikoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe4865dc8d5c0a6476287f5b74de5258/96616358586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d67a8c8d68---56682230095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=can+you+use+mayo+on+mediterranean+dietPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/112b49e127777344c858661d6e1fd653/nofosotatas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011228.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11228 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 8f6f97aa296d726f08d84bba49631b58e3002faff62579fa8357d02ccface45b
font_01_sfnt_off00012a72.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A72 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1