Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0d3bf7a008649c93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

55.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 03:57:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 70ac2f864d4bd1dbc999aabb01707ee1 SHA-1: b3910297f50ee7799d8feb510fdeaa8083ea1174 SHA-256: 0d3bf7a008649c9301971cefdf40bd42413359b232428384ab45e7817b306e69
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to numerous external URLs, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristic firings strongly suggest a malicious link distribution pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5757

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://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91f54b425305788b5743d63545465708/40514261572.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1agjlwjc3g.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1342342626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74e0297780bc33a2a0cd6c8cb6213599/wevijalukawelojurezaxegaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aduanaldelvalle.com/userfiles/file/butipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annekienlen.fr/imagesfile/74033678876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08124422044e0b53e6f4bb456a50a318/56778587749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ee8a911aed---xovilefuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a229cb454ed---66592863573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/senevumosiwajoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.albispanaderia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92aafd84ecf048803776c5e2c835fb2f/40773329368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pabausa.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bafcd0143---8515813261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084db6e71419---45255088569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608fa2fc44971---87589550050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.qlsny.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f17b0ddae93c867f1a0c54beb1d851a8/65419811326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b40907dca2c---bonameseliwanavubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd3048d281a---folirudorezimumezejinug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beb5176e401---24279405811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://40parables.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a6d474ce0c6431862eb9bcf1941b1b83/dotilagofekezaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089485b7d2e4---kokiwalolofapelesikiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d18fe25d2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sdds.be/userfiles/file/bekaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k83d2cgbqgf0nh9agaips01u16/35752634555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=popular+old+wives+talesPDF link annotation