Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e11eedc0bec79d10…

MALICIOUS

PDF

184.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 08:03:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 92000a90268d4e6442d9177398aa02d3 SHA-1: 2c90e366be90654907998ad5e8b700e32e037e90 SHA-256: e11eedc0bec79d10e3410a000815778eafe627a8be912127230d2192f38ee945
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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 0.5861

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://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848c33c3c0a---fagevemokokukiguzakaxev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b34a0e97ca---momevumivurepodafotufajuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e26e61f342be73a0ef10a30f9f63ad56/wanadanizelovet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/73281765294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ace34ce55672c8a2787e7405e747a6cf/1120933010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hani-bee.com/userfiles/files/25433124763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://symbioticlifetech.org/attfile/fckimg/file///20210508131459_809472083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4776d4b3bf2a961aafa8407d819bdf2/juvobabubetowezunuvimiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608af19a6bdb2---80767566773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7clhqku3sk4kfqrm7kbkeo490/gawuduzekuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oglethorpeclub.org/~oglethor/UserFiles/file/50420372346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carcable-bg.com/uploads/pictures/files/famupozotojut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2a47e87e3---95806431769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psfund.org/public/uploads/files/cms_files/rorunul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cfcf29629c0---tizivisaseviganenilodubus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c687ae038dd---33399968995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b3f397c20---86706192246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8925fddc1bbe61cfdf3e534be696fd32/99381170220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e202f4c97a9afca97f240600d0f9efd2/mefadutonotisuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c638293cd11---29649296186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742e2ca4742---60087746325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aohgj09t7igum4upmsvvgp9d01/92026804768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f4b4f9838d10ef61750b3b32ca1cfa7/wogokojuvurupalupizupujem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=dome+in+englishPDF 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
stream_005_off0002cbba.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x2CBBA 16460 bytes
SHA-256: 4a5ad4ede2fd12107be3077dd2a08c522e985ee6a8a18612f18aeccbd8748eae
font_00_sfnt_off0002b3a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2B3A9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1