Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d66b2ba73327fe0d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.7 KB Created: 2021-06-19 05:12:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: f9891fa87f6debe04322bc7159f21d99 SHA-1: 2c9bed011c6ca6a5354de15f1a1d1635a11a9ec8 SHA-256: d66b2ba73327fe0d9fc09deb522a2198ed4a4e7efc37423da3d0b1aaec59c83f
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 0.8702

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://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607971a0b88d5---24709208961.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nensi.si/upload/file/73352528555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078307a08d43---nekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c35b63ec766---55061238248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.glasswindowequipment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af145b8898838ac3e7f13189530c59ab/gifefidogetufinakanej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/36983000787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ea4872dc6c12571499fe481a333decf/2343305755.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/65030644082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/xizovowosidupemeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/2779486007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b9b0408bb---96227951425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983e0a30e67---puzunilonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf79b187879435e5afb553b948a1cdc6/7316361895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7ef34c296---72554002499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nirmalapublicschoolerumely.com/userfiles/file/xefipib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/je5cq6c5ce3cp9kdthuh4k002o/75130032603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file/%5C/95674757305.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/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=brim+mod+apk+unlimited+moneyPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e33d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE33D 5144 bytes
SHA-256: 04abeb31e01982732258f82183e6a2370e7b807290761a5cce46fec8f5115073

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