Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1729d7aab5055ea0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.6 KB Created: 2021-05-06 20:29:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: e169c31229e81bb984fc85953a2d7369 SHA-1: 7e90d6c610e06e8b19414f55be980078e3d33efb SHA-256: 1729d7aab5055ea0739ae14859f017ab7361bc91e3d08a71482b957400dcf76b
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farms strongly suggests a phishing or credential harvesting attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8286

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://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ff683450640324cc08104bfe3b3549d/60401234535.pdf
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b2b2a579f05db23e53a3683747d9d97/gupexixiniri.pdf
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080c0a2ea2af---vonejipugukibikugifoli.pdf
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a7d9a9ef0---sinisifokejita.pdf
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160857e27333e8---kidozadubezozepobepirix.pdf
    • https://agrachoff.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82223f99bc4abd4c9c45a1662292c979/wijebirel.pdf
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ca64830744---68873198072.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078580e3255c---bosovuxasutuje.pdf
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092fc9223584---13110723658.pdf
    • https://feriaesotericadeatocha.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607927ee3b49b---tezafawunozemijidelazoj.pdf
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5baea7ac5dbd89c0c754aa61127425e/74298774928.pdf
    • https://alkhairi.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65569f74b376629e46715ec4ad593068/gafokagujapagefesalalas.pdf
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45a1d82eb65e0d01e6ff8c86ef6d176a/63627696411.pdf
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.html
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=kaalai+movie+songs+starmusiq
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cca9.bin
2129cd4268fb7d08e29cf3360f5d18221137257ca4be5eb3a21d667633e4bdb9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA9 5160 bytes