Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1934129cd61e88a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:46:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f0df762ef74d229e32f79ec9222cab5b SHA-1: a4c5e4d43d7f4b4d0037b1026520761a71addd5b SHA-256: 1934129cd61e88a7d06b2cd7b81756fefaf0ea98e57cf3fb68667bfec3d78c0b
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. These links are likely intended to lure users to phishing pages or download further malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7629

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=admission+form+2019+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83aa5083567e8495b7a8bb0482e2d8f7/gikodupofumetaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f32439db8---83013304612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c10528a6fd0---susinajabanizid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tccsrl.org/userfiles/files/86143649354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af61bf24e2---62917083149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d1873bb7c0---35491671891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4bx.pl/public/file/2045356762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/diwizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabIn PDF document text