Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e214691a072c97b5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.6 KB Created: 2021-06-12 23:52:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 03d9d393cf22b4aca9ccd3879b1fe91b SHA-1: d8e47742f9fd910d6a12f4f6b0d9def33f7ab276 SHA-256: e214691a072c97b5566ecd7624814821c06b4e691f1d87729b073376ff0cc173
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 numerous embedded URLs that point to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of these links indicates an attempt to lure victims to external sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8897

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=crochet+hero+bear+pattern PDF link annotation
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c3a13e0f9---jogafavisorajukoma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/472u949qi8pbh4olmairk5nq7r/29830185216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usmleworkout.com/files/file/30311301167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://midiabyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3e30bfa43dbd7add813be3c6b8e2ec9/64806051140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q3bhghdpisclddinpka1orsv99/runevopitufepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneolock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/79106238583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608522edd1851---nilonokitorewexajit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobydick-band.de/fckdata/file/33539026127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pozitron-s.ru/userfiles/file/kojurokevulerem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b744370f11---86526944791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a82b06807---dojununirapekijajiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/1985779757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.commandinglife.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c76888491e---24272736552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://popnmusic.fr/userfiles/file/lavotoferasotujubisusizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/505bb708c3e4a189f3596c5302b2e4e1/31887542948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09f1f4i2ganps96h0hf4v18o54/sezinuwarepoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sparkprototypes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609215d7d2b02---rebozitijefeduva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84e0712ed08a72fd97b438d83f0fb02a/tiravepoludi.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 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE0C 4856 bytes
SHA-256: eb5a7be42f6b03a0e9040f395f324e49ff7b6f6825460332d7c6894ddff64f96