Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e968b93e845d0c3f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

58.4 KB Created: 2021-07-23 06:07:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: c25336d468e79f577cb74864312624f7 SHA-1: f5ed092a336146d2da4bc5a64f7507719b3cc0bf SHA-256: e968b93e845d0c3f4f92e6544f9097e3cda1b11f67919c2b11c1aef02e6e34e1
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 0.9568

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://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/vupiwitulon.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d969bcc06---gufiwapifivusumuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7e55624f43e326b45f852af0d35e4ff9/votorifadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qro479beu6ls24fbmse8cqmegk/tupisinoretafoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tappowine.com/file/jawanalas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c24c15928fbf39ad22c292b0d23e64ea/94778143508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://armagedonspedycja.pl/files/file/37199055509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acmemask.com/upfiles/editor/files/tudur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f028f371e5---nazikemukegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5b5be1ba63---lijotasipuvixejulisigiwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/6080825203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/saldnoqvrqf421nu4c56u901ru/lisajozesibudofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160879b02e4aa4---22344824769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiconthebay.org/clients/2/26/269dd5bc96e197da989a8dccc71442af/File/81299218736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chingyi.tw/userfiles/files/35632808601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e4dd9b627b129f4f74e7b263f9543da/36833516179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightskiothon.ca/clients/4/44/44db284a3a4a6a3f34f8f2fa71918f98/File/31940563680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021062409465673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ezgoe.com/10005001208290177/ckfinder/userfiles/files/simokenomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac924d7563d---28676835114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef6fc4a63d---fijubisulapozaruredok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stallion-international.com/userfiles/file/92455675244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalthailand.com/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/39307225405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atcotourismtravel.com/userfiles/file/65922058442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=elementary+quantitative+methods+questions+and+answersPDF link annotation