Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ca5166af701f403f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.4 KB Created: 2021-05-29 15:17:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: 92541e4f628dc46b3c3cd2e8d5e45167 SHA-1: 9a576a063187ff9b04b1c664603675b4ac1184bc SHA-256: ca5166af701f403faf759bc50a57032f9076e042ee487dd0838a249b088ca9a8
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 0.9448

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 http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607834ee40802---wejupisumigutapupudud.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n5pff1pun1hjiujtfom660tuml/18781504191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senzedigicraft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44d1e6e5c19285775dcfaa4954a99562/22452884464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f513b06b0---34979302285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rec39.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71069b01d4937b169df4677119e98b55/61074722789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/lomotapuralufazejejakizis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polskieplytki.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc64d2178860e49582f590772fb7d8a9/sozavubem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855ecf7bcef---75742793203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96fbca9f16c5f53a5fd92f0219ec3858/xigipasala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/148dd2bf06e95a6f9d48c4f6b120c3fd/40316070871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089eb1b42c26---pulovomowusenazaxaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkdesign.ee/userfiles/file/molikowagaxanonoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylowa-pss.pl/userfiles/file/dijawemebunadaxanusuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44f9a268d1---jekutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/581c0cf2727b9d3e0e15a6eadd0ab656/21622849086.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/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=doraemon+story+of+seasons+nspPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cfd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD7 3348 bytes
SHA-256: d7244c1c519c5f06da1428096bf285a449438036c13bb5148f8cb4b760729931
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBC3 5116 bytes
SHA-256: 71508e7004ab8d1b182697d57924bbb16782a929c8ec4946d711e7110e7a4951

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