Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 27fa7e20b6e9dc22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

50.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:06:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: fc8372fa72feceaa0bbaede81de150d5 SHA-1: 305ee7ba3d5c9961499b544df1865e2bf2959fe6 SHA-256: 27fa7e20b6e9dc22c204bb8198018b2d05afec20ddaa241cf776210cda6719a3
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, specifically targeting the formcraft plugin's file upload functionality. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely to download and execute a second-stage payload. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the links suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7194

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887b272b6fd---tujamopelizilipipan.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaffebba2apgigwiiececnggk9e4k.xn--p1ai/pict/file/gezuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designklasse.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuwufoguneragalagopurez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160786ce8bf5dd---vofumijiviwuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160842bd5c8c4d---feduxamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://activepymes.com/pub/file/20768058191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160e17eadc004e---danigabiwafukivivuwegis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be06880e7a---24727354296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613404e0e109d---97910319430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=tipos+de+sistemas+operativos+pdfPDF link annotation