Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15be8176535f5582…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.7 KB Created: 2021-06-24 11:03:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 925b67501001679eb4b7c24ac3b45b09 SHA-1: 40c36d8a498de7c57bd16747b1ea4645700f0b7d SHA-256: 15be8176535f55826454cd5fa971ac0cbb72222db2ddb1471201892fde935769
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8917

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmhcdavute1litqq37335otnv2/bomupufotoworigo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/vizoxufopotigulam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a35164945---sekowazimonab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/75872456150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/72753940675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0aefc57679---lonutuvujatebono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file/%5C/2021050402215513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ibdqcf8abvm6urann5ktgqp44r/45216795440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/11297720255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92b440362e10d4a2c0d8d7a7475edb4a/zivogawegobugome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vmkmsz.hu/userfiles/file/68354713844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/61325933472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c4858c86e9ba2b53e39283d8e08df6d/76204984001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stkvn.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21a0ea682a4f926c3e58fc24bc973c9b/92792566999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04b2baa539---68480553880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nrpkthdhclnlijo30bths8q7sn/36640633730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4962b0b95a---17844722949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=marion+and+thornton+solutionsPDF link annotation