Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f699cdd417108dd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.7 KB Created: 2021-06-17 15:02:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 97d02e19c3c8a8e03b3889b9ec6f2889 SHA-1: e3dfa8dfc09ae9efd2b00bf1a26c676aed679f3e SHA-256: f699cdd417108dd211f353dc3f974dd111174c15dd45fc0d6ad58d17fa13cf8e
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

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 0.9551

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://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/35804638526.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://robalton.es/Albums/images/file/%5C/nonagejimigoruxowofuzori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uajmntaipgjl5nq3mdu9ij417c/52966661565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3a2d87cf56dbecd4cbc7c6c16b0ad0a/67788697235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc938b76224---niguji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3je51kvvtoqic2vra465irbgb/30402851363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laihouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de32c8b18bdcb1ba9362acbaba8f211c/nideraxefimopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c62b32fce8---nivuxezuvize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1evnistikovhhk65kpn9u8h7s5/tawepaninoxelimogivejosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sotel-perm.ru/site/file/wonakefanix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/xakawijopizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/41498196161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607834c60fb08---71022313760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa04c98d6d---kakabipomuveketidubozom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55976ac5354fc35ecaf8da03b203284a/sefogobufopuvamomalizen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65d835db2e2a7025d4517fd20bab4919/80647933111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acb42883b65---tesuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+many+sides+does+a+regular+polygon+have+if+each+of+its+interior+angle+isPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00018792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18792 5784 bytes
SHA-256: 0e3436a0c998480c850b1d5525117dc2a048a419c4cd7558c97f3b4ee5507976
font_01_sfnt_off00019b31.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19B31 15264 bytes
SHA-256: c83a713ca66db62bdb19c35a9aa1de81bd63a8d5559aeb312a80e2a5940d60b6

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