Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f281206a52bc636d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 12:20:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4550bfac2aaee79ddaac449931f3b95c SHA-1: 65a39f3d600ab01a3eff1bad8e725c2e32f81983 SHA-256: f281206a52bc636daee124bbf6907e7caad38ff51fa59d66aa0ad645a69d45f0
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and flagged by an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6824

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.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090e3aca292f---90119773105.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/bobodije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10808265423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/767045378dba2e127cc6b86813453bb2/pegetidesesodojulununifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zold-kommando.hu/files/2272486419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7255e925d047cdee45c0c01e8202379d/80445357838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ip-golubev.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37837647579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mecaniquekd.ca/upload/file/tekapigedolijotina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a944c1d6061---datukozigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trongtinpc.com/luutru/files/11071938525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7phqattb7s7sieuq1hkt9qn9r7/13604285339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centralperdana.com/file/tesula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73f708159dd604eddf50c4430a27551e/61710785196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/watogagafofedanaxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a875a3535---24221178789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f356fb28c6---40618855831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.com/app/webroot/img/files/tawarit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/98231982985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/45049019622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://personalloan2u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfa3a29a824e3a0cfe24ab9a272be517/vatibarabepuvadedid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erdemlerkoleji.com/resimler/files/puveditakufuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35a8a80bb5e140274a2da306ecd543cd/52618130510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eclipsetheaters.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609861188a8e5---97294008872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cihangirhotel.com/upload/ckfinder/files/63165555338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/natigufigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnpair.com/userfiles/file/76076625463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suara.ru/img/file/76362403881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=lavarropas+ariston+zanella+manualPDF 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_off0000dcb1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCB1 10596 bytes
SHA-256: 0aeb085d90a642007a57ce79db8df25d5b4172805c24927e9605df29d4b2ad34
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4EC 18112 bytes
SHA-256: acb590bea5234c8840d60b8174dff07e285d5ac03cb29f30b6252c0a77ade79d