Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35bbe65f331d38ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.1 KB Created: 2021-06-23 08:00:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 8316a23a91a56e71e5824777267e556a SHA-1: 1068c0e264dd5967852a643e6982b90372ea179a SHA-256: 35bbe65f331d38ae604381c28dd60eb24540a2d9bf4d0fae454ce15a35765f7b
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is identified as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' in the ClamAV detection name strongly indicates a phishing or credential harvesting intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9327

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://techson-cctv.com/upload/file/13246498426.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://archinfo.ru/uploads/file/gikifinajukotejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607717301fde9---30663264254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b15f6a9b967---sarakoseluvelobujokojuruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.llgnjinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a6aff77ddcf2a764dd96dbcbe1b9641/35259369607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608747e262119---sewisubusoniwixubagar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modelkyujin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073c6b229fb7---loginoresuradavenusif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607957768479c---99494632320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e3af65fab4---kopowodusibav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bea35dcc3d---rirotul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/9846268970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://optimuselearningschool.com/learning/site/images/uploadfiles/13837706635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxnjl.com/userfiles/files/jisisimenukabedarakas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4541ec3195580a80f093aae080b60e93/tezatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/65352475581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f64430d14---8488837172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalnoboy.net/data/filestorage/upload/files/xabevuwijozavefepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=differential+amplifier+using+bjt+pdfPDF link annotation