Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 035bea18e68457e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 04:25:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 28544eec7c227144148fd9f7b7b33364 SHA-1: 6c4141d3314a7425bc895a1f8e77b8175aa0cbd4 SHA-256: 035bea18e68457e1907561a32bf654ae4b0ed51e14dc35fd9c9b72f9ed5b4dc9
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing pages. The 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' heuristic indicates it's likely an image-based document with a hidden clickable action, a common tactic for disguising malicious links. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5859

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 44 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=daewoo+lanos+2002+service+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f0befb5563c---27140504304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114ab593c2c3---zawali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santamariamikado.com/uploads/files/suwexobivepedatanijozik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iho53egmfa79hfpmgfsmbklm2n/53269033524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bkht.vn/userfiles/file/75678272128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f01facdbae4---tewugagatuviwepikesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rioairporttransfer.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25921190826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yesilderecine.com/admin/editor_resim/file/lufizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderbestwings.com/uploads/files/66236007540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7943c56c0---pazefudefodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51dfd078d1f23fad897bc6a5b22af48d/vofijawujadagonosaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f2aab3a01e---moligigina.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://goodslib.com/userfiles/files/vifazosemimukor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4e9bd1aec6---56643002734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f5301a2437---78915224555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absolut-fit-and-dance.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1s2lb5jaduh64ls834q4rucfpu/40966232024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a9e54988c0---lutitefenagugekab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/poxutibokepopumigexumega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flygarfield.net/userfiles/file/5587725289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zweiund40.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fuv5afgkepfpe2emt91thenhnm/74943315533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adamlegal.com/userfiles/file/68567775541.pdfIn PDF document text

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