Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 15c422bfb8dc7a61…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.8 KB Created: 2021-07-04 04:23:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 81287019f2d5a7a12d0271405aac90df SHA-1: 8d156e25ec7b11abf53f8d6e7ac38d5c9fc46607 SHA-256: 15c422bfb8dc7a617e7e16187e55ad3085b1bb5c0e8c288dc26282ac14a67381
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting domains, a common technique for distributing phishing content or malware. ClamAV detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan, and ML classifiers also flagged it as malicious. The presence of numerous links on compromised CMS upload directories and disposable hosting strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5293

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://ucity69.com/clients/861769/File/fuvonevadi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5b21f21d2---97407132310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kartywspomnien.pl/uploads/assets/file/pusopoduwusonexojogagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79efb1898c---95291376080.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://envomask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdbfeb368c117250bcc1ef45f1570659/19186499499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honda-vo.com/upload/file/90052184001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/zexasegifefetu.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/go0mlrnjikc0am8hl7g90gt4io/detokutalotovulibavunatub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbb563953e8d34ee2a301feab13a1fd1/kibodejasuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pocatellocampfire.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b89sm2l7uha95l3sr557bqvbfg/18310886572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://useoneconvo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89e7534134824c896d90f6c244c6d00a/96070521364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160814c3688f07---8801657868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cncostruzioni.com/userfiles/file/gobidaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/fupodofuteronebotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://napraforgohotel.hu/upload/file/13949091171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faa4df14d6b5b9bad715ec04ebd87df2/6309371539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=nm+to+inch+pounds+conversion+calculatorPDF link annotation