Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17b2dc4b000cae8a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.8 KB Created: 2021-06-14 08:23:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: fef229f08891bbd7d68b799dc74d4f41 SHA-1: 699d7fea9218a8030252edc087f1fb12cde00220 SHA-256: 17b2dc4b000cae8a78ade11b9a77ca914b70911d2d708fbf79042a3a98fd10f8
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a deceptive lure related to game commands, aiming to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7197

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=witcher+3+romance+console+commands PDF link annotation
    • https://akita-inu.lv/www/files/files/76938941140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c976b7dad6---fikabobilenulatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiemtoanhaiphong.vn/upload/files/61100012464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecce0fbb8f3767852675114bd5fcfa62/6293852397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b29c28f10b40c0c5399aaffc606bf4e2/norulatizisuluw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27a9e6b0a1---3236983149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c839154dad---62001653119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slp72.com/clients/7/7b/7b902bee17765b19ebdde6030f24742d/File/50235698527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.europesolidaire.eu/userfiles/files/zilewifumolibok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a82f4b5675---30235456295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/52170636983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06f043f599c6118f2c64beaf3ee8f706/67679052067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078eb6356868---99398539169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/61742170693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aonetreks.com/uploads/file/98812849151.pdfIn PDF document text

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