Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e5056f89ade84a5f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

64.0 KB Created: 2021-06-22 21:27:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: bdd25399480438472c6e3acbd48796a5 SHA-1: d57d3834b443b4da9fab08728a479f1a1ac67541 SHA-256: e5056f89ade84a5f5eb9722a1b0c14a7ecc66badca9e9403177c2c8e8e93c9f7
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 0.7711

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://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8dfdf61f91---37275324323.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e583052c9---mimuwuposutepizunafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.redactordecontenidos.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a1b6dc0971---vowekawanowukawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072597b29375---sudawub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://frederickfollows.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079029fd695f---diwogojuziwasatuguna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8eeb9f64c61472ef4d6a2a2c35975af3/25011516580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arte-salon.ru/upload_picture/kezosinalad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a023558f587674bf43d61a650bb5a80c/gixixatusubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e5bda1768---44866843593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55f3cc9399bee0ffc25f8c69f34a3d23/14914483211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/tomixaduxalelumugotasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/37072283890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vuaship.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6l5fviunkde5ifhun9m4o6ou0c/bagiwifufil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdac4ff0735---39659384757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=o+kanha+ab+to+murli+ki+mp3+song+download+pagalworldPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

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Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE6D 5860 bytes
SHA-256: 78784b03f7d183830649bf170f72c2fecee712dd604eca5a52b57e29e1465bfa
font_01_sfnt_off0000e231.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE231 2384 bytes
SHA-256: 41a01359789d425b3328da343f59c95279b7559c8ef31be3ff4d5e167e0526d0

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