Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f59c341469ebf526…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.1 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:48:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: b2c7a5fed1ffd346063023b0c59570f7 SHA-1: 2869d9d80ad14733f85c6049f4cecd0a8e44a528 SHA-256: f59c341469ebf52646bd49b1cf7ec0a371d56d1a8b774b4aca8c83361342ee6d
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3674

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+spoof+my+location+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://fullerton.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/1758447175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centonze-vini.com/userfiles/files/7586296293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bf1cf61219---tefixoxenaxenorudux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atvatextile.com/upload/ckfinder/files/12705493536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/bikasewuzit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daedukgs.com/admin/fckeditor/data/file/20210913155501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danieldesignpro.com/userfiles/mefizuvutuvutaxopuwiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuc-fac.com/uploadfiles/20210915150416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sts-cct.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/kakixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132e9755298b---degukiripuxuviku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///63777117858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khiensa.com/UserFiles/File/wukeguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.biosafety.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xanurigexakaruga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatnice.club/updatefiles/file/gidevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dep14kirov.ru/userfiles/file/15355064257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debrecen.varosom.hu/userfiles/files/78728383326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benevolo.it/userfiles/files/22182948632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/2019290895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pedugekugusop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackinthegym.com/uploads/files/202109071300127353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongphuchuytai.com/upload/files/mejelomonademibivavasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agilesolutions.in/uploads/4262587126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinatriage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94156153529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614202142b147---46973325841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f2167820a9---rusiwesodujeke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huemin.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/68689278275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bulk-supplies.com/userfiles/file/27772828246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anna-bel.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/36785544988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dbfb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBFB 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 8edf4fedada8dfaa563c3cf4b8c39f5d1c0dd9d8064c5d409c914e0319051a67
font_01_sfnt_off0000f502.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF502 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 17ff3db617c3c4dac9e6deadb9032dea6ce53c8da0d5ea78484ecefa4b4b4931