Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6eac0f3a133e348…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.7 KB Created: 2021-06-01 14:06:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: e885b21ffe464365f63458d2f51b7a97 SHA-1: d76093597532cf51d94fed9e1ce3269cde1bf728 SHA-256: d6eac0f3a133e3489baf1d22cd68d9fafea35619462deb689f5c96283e66965c
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm with multiple URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates a likely intent to redirect users to malicious sites for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8518

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hack+diamantes+free+fire+apk+2021 PDF link annotation
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lohji6pqblis55susnelfi9ogt/lujuzawugabuziladiroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viewcs.com/partner/upload/dextfile/gufixapironexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69396e5c8426384c78ee7ee12c5fcb76/pakutovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foxtailmag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a301fc0640776a102ad329335130679/sobuxike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.apartamentselsllacs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ol47i7vdli52teb1rujgpqbf21/gakataxajilifiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://choiceenergynetwork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c76ee8a3c5e420a770fe422ead6d130/11777160847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798ff5465f1---21178378938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/li3jh8e67g21sn8qe02ajl1m32/suzemovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ed3fc7713---81710694336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cad8e40111---pulaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eacae801a5---betewuvuwejiziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medical-psychology.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9735d92ea3---27252987596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aplus.to/userfiles/file/91837852322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ajs5afk8njur8k8bd520uvh54e/winezibezavovutefov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/dudalalibedok.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

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000c9d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9D4 5296 bytes
SHA-256: dba0da11c703f7e40ab75f1e8fb240adb5055533f1b36e60b445f4af95c2405a
font_01_sfnt_off0000dbb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBB3 11932 bytes
SHA-256: 868f2169cc51dca842a343f8fa54219a24f88f9ae6f01acdfb6da52d4aed7344