Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce172637c0a1e532…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-04 04:05:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: f8877c25d52132b05ed913e87e93a526 SHA-1: de6746737ef57a114f253e4becd4c4e9995d7d8e SHA-256: ce172637c0a1e53228b90af764553aba99199c8f90caa730b7dd3cb042770670
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV. 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 suspicious score 0.4045

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://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096fd519be84---47539493030.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/4345935131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4554d4da2656392c8d14f6cbf7d75199/69751555616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cmfnepal.org/userfiles/files/64641841160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/964ae4c911bc34a2f4f692bfe6a3345a/3443427626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wu-pao.com/upfiles/editor/files/sijeguwifotulawutax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/25629051400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kozszemle.hu/uploads/files/jagawax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cinl4bc522p6jg6sjdsasd0cc4/36186564027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.catalogodecineargentino.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe94e36dfb9---81639323453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071130fb5d72---fisorojulamejozivem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/466b7d7548797d02b63619ef5a69a43f/43794756887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c893d27e84f38cd5434b334fa4f61257/vugoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/74440851484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/vezevagevawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeanmarcrobion.fr/userfiles/file/xelesivezepomeregobagufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/37996496624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60e02fd7f13060dfe408a10aa45bfe5a/31170351897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianotuningdarwin.com/userfiles/files/migeligusezizaduxaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774cd9b1a40---velazizekasaluri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160825c668afe0---juxideguxisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schmitz.cz/res/file/25154591758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e89210a2b821a68038fc012de25ab124/fexodoxibilumosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3607732cd546c06a39617045e4a28004/xewedugowitazulolidepof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=basics+of+nanotechnology+pdf+downloadPDF link annotation
    • 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.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f36e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF36E 18568 bytes
SHA-256: 3ee55e8facfa5e46f160184b90578600c2306db39cb441f6eac6125a6e24af0a
font_01_sfnt_off00012419.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12419 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 74e021e5819c8528bf0fef3c0ff848b1ed7021bb8821cf0e485177f7db23c7c3
font_02_sfnt_off00013daf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DAF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1