Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e99a83258f2913cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.6 KB Created: 2021-06-29 05:46:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 8f6fdd534c799e5a481e7ad6a0affa28 SHA-1: d18e07a2684cf53c6c9bb39d2b36ba9bf0d3a17c SHA-256: e99a83258f2913cc168d4106eb5f507e8c7e9e57445ff81e2a2289f19c721b1b
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV, specifically a phishing trojan. Static analysis reveals it functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to external sites. Several of these URLs are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, indicating a potential distribution mechanism for further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4750

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 http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/fujemulap.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/75141774545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.com/upload/editor/file/dojimagukesebugoxuduvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/nonaxiwufexelidakavowezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075aa4618ce7---vasedavoluwule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavlasin.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tac3ur53fbl5tr8lrs48dvgb7v/kerovukapavox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extreamtuning.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcfdb47c41c---3625086714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plswa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/038fdd64aa7a1b9166891a03d2452cdb/21738140357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gasserbush.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0193a8781a338451081edc3221927766/365066727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transbur.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30398698707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cad4c598f2---zaduniserelederudimezakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097fee542c29---kisujixidesekokes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83c0893899d23ba81816016e1afd64ae/85942395747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/wezuwigaxenebibixepelawuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://118highschool.am/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f831ebd97404aa1c4e9d834a0a3a0ea/goxuzasexuxujizabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabin4kids.org/clients/0/05/050cd0fff5f75fdfd14851583cc0de74/File/kijuwanapud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b9d9c38c3c3df19d487385a0761fb0a/44173837887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eflox.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9bd30083a6---jikub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a60757258a8---16350667586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add4e27b3f1---nazudofolaxuzil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081bb047e9de---30344624882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/1257811064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sudburyhighspeedinternet.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc7a0c13403ea17ac913684fd661f30a/xilejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://loscogliodifavignana.it/userfiles/files/97500942862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+timesPDF 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
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb47.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB47 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 15425c60f998f4891eb8bc9ff4e826846ba039b7ab3a6f0949e8f99695f75031
font_01_sfnt_off0001028c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1028C 16756 bytes
SHA-256: 598ca193602f6174006ce2d22b2ec2a4ce91aa6708d2639476c2b996ce555bda