Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 115e2ac036ed8bc3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-08-19 23:54:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ff956df47ab277ecc086f3487a6f44ab SHA-1: 5e237a066c705d1780f713d6b9e5f266c44cf1f0 SHA-256: 115e2ac036ed8bc3b91c2c7be403d9430e855dde1cbcb11ed2ff74033677e20b
124 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 compromised WordPress sites, a common tactic for distributing phishing lures or malware. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature. The file's structure and embedded links suggest it is designed to trick users into visiting malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.3403

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://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i1l6pigsv0upatldpt68tjncj6/92761218268.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dwallacelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/leguvexapefurudosafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3cd5440326d9a702ce38950cc34fe5c/zowoziwevoxebimijeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aakritidigitals.com/userfiles/files/zudazapimatowubet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://echipamente-scule.ro/userfiles/file/80446073519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpi1pusat.com/contents//files/26690791358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c3b20190fb---87025554782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de7e1783e0---50145771527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7cfd6a8ed638b7b3f0211846559b9e9/20162175820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://awlights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14bbafb2b5893900a85a2193c5b1ac69/wipuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16117284e6ab11---97877767731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunmoon-glory.com/web/upload/files/28836936457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vjtqe6b8erj18sjb295qcq2au7/56575442859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/nigux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/vefexagemizudikugekugar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42753995640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5207b41f1---64182063097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northstarbaptisttyler.com/clients/a/a4/a4b4c2e389351fb2dee96c3f727c6a57/File/birava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dpficp224k30gmcalmmqf1vd7/36395810498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32192ea36b79e4040a2214947f6ec6fc/repira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://relocationservicesgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073de8870ba2---29819081558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f5032c3bc---sijimovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cantarefides.ro/admin/userfiles/file/sefabivuvolujukazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1usbjf0383s4hom6nucnkmbve6/xajewozevajinomelujejik.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://www.adarshvidhyasankul.org/userfilesfile/48981498166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://godparents4tz.org/home/god/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49763394019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=dragon+quest+9+strategy+guidePDF link annotation

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