Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f1dbd9307fd0bbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 01:32:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 61b77f2f80aa920e0b7880813f05adf4 SHA-1: 9eb67db9ad69567c4e6eba81a38c2b02f0248886 SHA-256: 0f1dbd9307fd0bbf2c471381013bdd887b902081038423debcc06c880acfab99
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the attack pattern is inferred from the URL heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5913

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 http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f373e53cd7---dapazulizeso.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087437ca136a---dovipubevev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfindia.in/userfiles/files/pazufoluzapiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divapharma.com/uploaded/file/mosijigipikerikibudowadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelstrack.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/patozixanitobeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liga-stf.ru/i/upload/files/kepogokasidibogufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caf2ebb941---20946948165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vijyaiprismcrm.com/userfiles/files/jetawidukezavuduvefupaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tri-or.fr/tri-or/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/gevadejiraz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dhsclassof70.com/clients/d/d1/d13f49183e6b2ef720c1f353b43de0f2/File/moremumoxexanonabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgrappresentanze.eu/userfiles/files/pesumitoremafow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098233fc8d1b---50666707872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f59b550df0---leretetowizew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7291f2dd9---menimolulani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0aa753e999b1fc33a038537e698d076/47684140456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610f84c7d51bf---24139774280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o39a91gvwm83kbsn.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210830_6A2A904C24C60662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evevoyance.fr/adh/.-/file/21357654039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicamarsala.it/userfiles/files/nezovojuraxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c83b345d1---wixadozilupimivijal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945b1d38a44---wejuwororulofodiguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaibactrungnam.vn/upload/files/73893695824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd7b6cf34b---tadopoferixosimuterob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comodee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b6e1ab80f0---89904734916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=beestar+math+worksheet+grade+2PDF link annotation