Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3444590d116680e8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.7 KB Created: 2021-09-04 22:23:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 24f353207ff6bd9748edea74bcfee512 SHA-1: 07aab4f9edeb174a74c2ce83c6921eae9b331621 SHA-256: 3444590d116680e8e4778dde6c06b66361286c1e57983da3dc5ceefd24dcfd4f
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm heuristics point towards an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5222

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 http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/56564348876.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jasz-pap.hu/UserFiles/file/69158237501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9963b027e7d6f7ffdcbde6fddd7042c2/fufapipamukodimoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://point-grey-1970-grads.com/clients/f/fe/fe7686cf254963525dc0bd811951f15e/File/53213238152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteplacementagency.com/uploads/files/jadiben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/70603138905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metricgroup.it/uploads/file/migikomidomuvesivesafoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u8lohq28v613a7d6tr51jtljo3/29119253530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sonkertrail.org/clients/9/92/9260a3c387aed4615f72c72c3a1da295/File/viranuzibuzuramixugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dock-levellers.com/upload/files/83443270798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33edd6cbfcbad13bf04426eb6c941939/kotibezixuvojepuvomurazew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svetpoznaniyaonline.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad408ec114a2ae4def54eb4c84c20498/81518638240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketnoikienthuc.com/upload/files/tuvumutijedazefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burlingame.com/wysiwygfiles/file/86543332808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotteppta.com/beta/assets/file/vokadizomujut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/29455149187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.oasipizza.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b9da22576---27206938290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamokugrofa.sk/admin/fckeditor/file/xesekovaluvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f99b400615---81826368264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/zelaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094aa40d02a1---lumoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c42310169d8580f7b7f2f064e2d392d6/80868465313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5cdf5d9aa4---74249629384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iltorg.ru/upload/file/mimovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=4th+grade+reading+comprehension+worksheets+multiple+choice+pdfPDF link annotation