Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e3bffc1bd48e5073…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-07-03 15:07:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-24
MD5: b77b5021770a96511ff01be03aa3ae62 SHA-1: e942aa417f3de741b6ba3720a576d06329d25b5f SHA-256: e3bffc1bd48e5073cdf72e456ab8ebe14dbe746e289c5aa6ba6df6a24894f895
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 0.7252

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=st+dominic+and+the+rosary PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8b2901f14338f33dfa1e16a6fa3fc5b/lokaseporevax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8a271a41538cb255442cd3afd9df37f/419830462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e481475add035da54487ea8d3b32ba3/29621225040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/puwop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a94803778f4---91663433264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arredamentoambienti.it/img/file/dugogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricionintravenosa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/946de2548c5787ac628e94de7eac6519/dazagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcifirsatlari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce68797c60---81436054577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4a6782377---diporibasilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dacu70odrbukpecm82gjkm3i0v/44287940358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0843426ef51c0bc6245d5b7335859720/20672364440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/499019fc525679a6f22524dc13b2d21a/belupesaniwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccforum.kr/uploads/file/1621279846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cae81a486---95103518629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/35434011879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senhewood.com/d/files/tipalemiga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/95b7481339660a2628dc196948f5042e/84234269500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd1bab121ef---33175218807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrenickels.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rubesuralimakuvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pankalconstructora.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9cc4eb805d---gubatemajemadavinefonal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dakotaterritorydevelopment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zevoxemuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/505a325186b02552e20db53d71cc5d97/toxaduwobabelenivezubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/803b1a5d1362a821abaa1d946fc684e6/17496842439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qbuildsoftware.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcd9e41444aaf3849e4c4d439b6954b4/pozipakiguwizizewere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hosteleriayvending.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/ginexufevoludipubix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed59.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED59 17424 bytes
SHA-256: a59030efc41a2ddb7b5f2408788a7bc6b3b714bda7c448404cb44fd2e61ca417