PDF malware analysis — malicious · ca00f8ab432f722d

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-05-07 01:59:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25

MD5: 8924a1ca0c13bb4791dd0d5e73e2b93d SHA-1: 63d2d3271f7eea2e20dd192fed0dc72e07636248 SHA-256: ca00f8ab432f722d7047c257b5d7f3ad79dec04bf5f5ea8bf283c0cbce39cc95

156 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 0.9472

Heuristics 6

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
PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED

The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
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=bdo+capotia+crafting+guide PDF link annotation
- http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607414a882348---sikosulixowebakogepu.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922c61c15ca---tomavupuge.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e6f5e40378---22378335653.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f487ac836867cfe96486bb11d0aa49a7/vokebolo.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cc7b1a2c606313931e9609651d866f9/xizumukefululizowegizija.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826754de486---vinesosexamek.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae8d272086---12576316577.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/62641005514.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kg779pvfug1gs6s6m4st563hn5/49661847125.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f82e9cdba7415a60fb34074695b87a6/76972155778.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.veronicaneal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/1608ee9808cf06---jafukekatowimebelu.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://atlanthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/334c88ce1d5fbbdeb8a1ce0547f8fcb5/ladoxavoluranetamige.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://www.psalighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d05b826c023c49ee9b72e7b3a4c53a61/vezadawamawefuvizogufetip.pdfIn PDF document text
- https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b04lp5gra4mi11ic2rplhrd32/xoxorol.pdfIn PDF document text
- http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fe18965da---89292567409.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
- http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
- http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

Filename	Kind	Source	Size
`font_00_sfnt_off0000ea67.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA67	5160 bytes
SHA-256: `a20d360999b6a376aaebab1a07fabb7509d9489c80c0d670d058a5f04815298f`
`font_01_sfnt_off0000fc0c.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC0C	10916 bytes
SHA-256: `f7a906925828bbb08b536de71dcb9a4dc4f3b7882e7a90623efb7306715d2899`
`font_02_sfnt_off000120f0.bin`	pdf-font-stream	PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120F0	16160 bytes
SHA-256: `7e63eb3bed9c4ceaf47e86587cf77a789dba98dd2b4db382f0c7f052a0aeb8ce`

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