Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da9ff1ed8c2fff76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.7 KB Created: 2021-08-15 16:34:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: e091b2605e82b092add556ab8cf08e1a SHA-1: 9bbee4923c349bdbcf2aea28ba7359d68db18b27 SHA-256: da9ff1ed8c2fff76c8fa822bd164f1521b9389853b5a0a190b0d7a7c4b77e7fc
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. This behavior is indicative of a link farm designed to lure users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5550

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 http://www.specemc.ru/upload/files/84660008783.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8d546c83e3---94259595736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bdc974f350---49087823997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cetinelektrik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf6821c9c0---47313390709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2b86d1709468adeb245bd127d82aa15/56474099246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de48feb0a33---20485756892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160826ad55ddc4---nafaxegiwurisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centralcogtc.com/uploads/file/28092109886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a774589cb8---tajubexujupebixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sapporopools.com/contents//files/gowilegepobibusafegeteve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banglatalkies.com/dynamic-images/cms/file/75278052717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e986c84b5fa3a7c6918cce3a7ddffb14/27612989720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcace2deb523046e7c105fc7fa966216/25377666078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/61762018489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fd7c34d06---bokawewitaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4o45acpui132o1uoi4uuhbeo31/71147130687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5a480c5fc---budamoxivuxoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/4553479255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e671ea08c6---wujosuletop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609494fe082b1---lamemiwitowigegabemosinon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodgesmageefamilyreunion.com/clients/c/c9/c95619ca3ec29dd030dc8935b97378d4/File/babebimizomis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://temahr.hr/files/49537076380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/28584633977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5d8cb69044c7edd6e29ed03b54ecc8e/sazijowafoporibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c1d63c15dfd0ec58b42ececfc81d4ac/zupelotabatajaxope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e03248f2653fa2e20fdd25f40641627f/raxigol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diysmart.net/userfiles/file/rafikorefadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=god+of+war+ascension+highly+compressed+download+for+ppssppPDF 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_off0000ebcb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCB 16784 bytes
SHA-256: 221563f3edd6ab66bb87abb9246c273286e24b2e3785cd77582285f9898fe02a
font_01_sfnt_off0001175e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1175E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1