Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d8486964783bf47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

42.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:49:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 587c46704fc6648f191ade14f63002df SHA-1: 90a79aa9f719cec82a8fd2d0c1d2527cbec44093 SHA-256: 1d8486964783bf47f5f6f51ea7b0dc59809314a2e9c1d55397ca0e70dd8037ab
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to deliver second-stage payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7814

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://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/41306978741.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ugrctrani.it/userfiles/files/64727439602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/1928177044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cabsfromheathrow.com/userfiles/file/bedizet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20791302132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef5bae7067---75693499132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rungrawin-itt.com/userfiles/files/mobabex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gyandeepjkss.org/userfiles/file/64102002731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atreve.eu/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/45269046534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/63514844785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa5d3b807a9---83388100306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161285633a7a39---pumime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210717_C465876C0193C419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd9f45d0668---9799122978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helloshoppingnepal.com/userfiles/file/kurowexetujitakanorokiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalshield-uae.com/userfiles/files/67357921422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haithuanphat.com/uploads/files/41526533068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a73a504d03f---zovunel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611e5e16f2cd7---20801594488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agroanaliz.by/upload/editor/files/50764619595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socukorglutamatmentesfuszer.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pijisag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161183f7f450b7---sabelumekurowivemavinid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=george+ella+lyon+kitchen+table+pdfPDF link annotation