Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb4b55a069b8e81d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.0 KB Created: 2021-08-15 20:46:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6b462307e7b03277d0b4bde119a2dd84 SHA-1: ebd1b05f70c2781f04908df78118ea56ea47e616 SHA-256: fb4b55a069b8e81dddb31ca141022a1f56ef2d990a1b78369dfc6bf4b7bf5ddd
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was identified as malicious by ClamAV with a 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' signature. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories. These links likely serve as lures for phishing attacks or to distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3358

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://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mm9mian9gbauvo1ul4jnb1cn4/wevikata.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nguyenthaotech.com/upload/files/15055780204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62cae9d745---kazeletojiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a31a871d5f---jikelezodalugurupeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://southportrubbish.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be731b158da---zisexedupojuwukamumupas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/13362594045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/25884275811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wflorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c923cd712b4400a5b95b9da54fe60e1/84584178202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hbed5aap15ln9fkge3bnfpbot6/39041021540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonazero.es/userfiles/file/vuvilesulip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agataklimowska.pl/userfiles/file/warotakekuzikogozeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mibnncugj1ph3q9jkttdfe2u0c/vazutorewedozof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://umartravel.com/files/51551315769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bcfebf3d80461bc3fc5fdde6dd9a9f9b/tadojibelozajetobafop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egca.fr/userfiles/file/fuzopavutuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/xikupagokuxaretiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfhotel.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68162828293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenagro.com/sites/default/files/file/nalarefogip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b5e3e579eb---66267577930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aa0654e8d8ce83b8eef2f98dfe9eefe/39010202305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077065b39ddd---3593192304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8cc996b380---88447520046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b88a5e2309---27498638206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+outline+romance+novelPDF 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_off00012289.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12289 10468 bytes
SHA-256: f8749a5d978b08f301cd4fcffd98d54d9f6d92de19cd99155628229dde47def0
font_01_sfnt_off00013a48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13A48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1