Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eebd1f9c6250c3c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 10:30:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 4b8d6f316d8140e91128ecafc445cde2 SHA-1: 240543bd8cf7b0213ec1fa9dafb93c8cee16bcbf SHA-256: eebd1f9c6250c3c02fe51b3c448cceb0ca954b6a74cfac44733ccfe8f5dd3944
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 0.5321

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+change+call+answering+style+in+android PDF link annotation
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/176b20d5ccaf9be1a58b1b790dbcdb5c/54138529168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tennis-samara.ru/img/file/58883481975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://effekt-film.de/files/file/92673693189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bige.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/29942312017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdudyogtechnologies.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwukedinovosojedilak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenderup.ro/mm/file/xojijupakewavomebexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dealershop.es/camarasegovia/userfiles/file/nunelutuxula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umartravel.com/files/luliginejifafegibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suruburi.net/mm/file/vibitin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/xeditekonobuguxakexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fruhmann-elektrotechnik.at/wabufafamopokasaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d74de8b17---xuxabazagugilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/vuwoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lenaoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/redugenogufupuxowuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sluganarodu.org/userfiles/files/33360564364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yourbuilding.ru/userfiles/files/17512582625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://open.ua/uploads/ckeditor/files/kalitisujilekolojarin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushinamu.com/uploads/files/dizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhrdbekasi.com/webroot/userfiles/files/zawivumumizafevebipute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a2b8de7ee2625ffce7881bedca8b450/49750448890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vpecargo.com/userfiles/file/fikogovalinenegeneba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukhatirhomes.com/userfiles/file/1348698658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d233.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD233 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA4A 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 34b83de13f311e7f3253143ec5895c6f1910a88d6a02c25a30ce068719c58780
font_02_sfnt_off00010314.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10314 16348 bytes
SHA-256: f926c9b497bdf25205b4d77f1824cb5fb5a8bfe6acc032c82180ce771acbb96c