Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d57ca47e6041bff3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.2 KB Created: 2021-09-07 15:24:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 723f92808d5c2af2b6ac3ac6914988f1 SHA-1: 625607edf47f4611e2c3aa92d24e438e9d76b584 SHA-256: d57ca47e6041bff318289bf7babf7353d158f90a072256d973a50a7f81c1d6bf
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 0.2934

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.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac810513f1a---96128996610.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081f9909bc49---vowurokujebekalone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s9m3p4b9eld9tdofm1j9vc36l7/zanagefawuruvamifijawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kqgih6l0lc7pg1orl7ntm146n7/xosepigezugolavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ca52b6400---vojobudimugidururupuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teechart.com/uploads/images/files/zufexixuguwubipolofof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esipro.fr/userfiles/file/duvaposanaxosaxovubetir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callalilyvn.com/upload/files/murejoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckstone.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39287a82e858c1e58b6d184c42be96bd/56761110536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adfb1936d61d8aeb619bcd90a5fff7e2/34160686918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagunaapartman.hu/images/user/file/88532696944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannails.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/debuwopuzerafukugijowesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/lesafaduxifas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://high-keenltd.com/userfiles/file/13664776469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85799152138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bee338e60---ruzubagaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chesapeake-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42f7e1f95bd200a15c32d580cce89637/divigusamonej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firmen-bekleidung.at/userfiles/file/24332992545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2be763dc7a---xozovejenovigotegogukun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liberty67.com/clients/41815/File/13634421049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dream-mebel.com/pic/file/lurutimajaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dbb7dae913---jejetilugatilunusubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/8099312721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guchenes.com/d/files/wijijolologibuberibaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobraukraina.org/sites/all/sites/dobraukraina.org/files/purelubazogubodamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=human+values+education+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off00011c90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C90 19420 bytes
SHA-256: 2c625f37814721364f4029a75e286ac9019ea81dc8be82d575903b0d40904af2
font_01_sfnt_off00014f5b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F5B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1