Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2cf7253dda9953e5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.2 KB Created: 2021-07-31 08:11:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 4d2bb87492791249811691b22915708e SHA-1: 16f1ea2e2c4dde516529666e2621d91c9daf4e66 SHA-256: 2cf7253dda9953e54eb705fdec4578fe764542c17fd1003b94178270479f8115
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and heuristics suggest the document's primary purpose is to facilitate the download or redirection to a secondary malicious payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7261

Heuristics 4

  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=practicing+the+power+welcoming+the+gifts+of+the+holy+spirit+in+your+life+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://avigailpekelman.com/sites/default/files/file/gamepasorar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sovaimm.it/userfiles/files/23595410568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8lcig37a265lru5n810mlobr2/79515701514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/8743259866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adcgrain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83c4ec129539278633c77385225a023b/zuledep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aedwea.com/upload/foto/72864975919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608925713f714---jexovozanede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongfangguohua.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/joniresifevike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.vn/user-/files/tazilokujevomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/12264488617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/lifixavodinamaruxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xebewema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chaplains-camps.org/upload_picture/file/17519948377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n682u73jqjo9rd45sddtke1sb5/30606118437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ic.ru/uploads/file/31904069701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numen-wow.com/userfiles/cloud//files/disopumetufapovesoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79165c547165995b9d50153daa564fb5/43066104444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//jofuvutalexes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edelstar-mos.ru/files/mononapojaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://djhelaly.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2531442b377307eaa2c69c352b832b87/90176416259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apotekatia.ba/fajlovi/nemawabeja.pdfIn PDF document text