Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 10be337ae7af78cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

40.0 KB Created: 2021-06-14 06:53:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 35db61849a92790bdd588e11e575561b SHA-1: 4e5515f33d36cfaeb0ea16baefdcc68d14ec3343 SHA-256: 10be337ae7af78cbda474040948771dcefb6816cc93eeef6e9ad2d1975aeeb87
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs a common phishing lure technique, presenting itself as an image-only document to conceal a clickable link. This link, often disguised as a button, directs users to external URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites or other disposable domains. The presence of multiple such links and the ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7780

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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 40 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=construction+master+pro+apk+cracked PDF link annotation
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    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160892b3d0520e---kuloninabedapimukotak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r7128nrcfgvfikn51se13vb2p6/3752842826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c52c0e74531---bikimomuzopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b559b6518---pegetisukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eabe4ed01dffac5733ae8eb0bab7a1bb/tanikamurudi.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03cf775f8e626e5c9f871b14a9e25bd9/73144539094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blueoak.fr/image/file/31366971002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/skin24lge274cue557o6qlmn0e/rolovotoxexupoderuzixuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fresh-j.info/images/uploadedimages/file/63490090802.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/91734764506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b08b55cf42---97411413723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcdf743b224---31085324298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2fd3172278---veguvagenibelotuzurelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vodnik48.ru/content/file/baruwabaledubabob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b02ef93125f---mokemor.pdfIn PDF document text