Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 364979c3efbccaad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.3 KB Created: 2021-08-08 15:10:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8f1be536ca88d093e1d2ddedc77b97e1 SHA-1: c27470fb1fd8eb9645f286479dfca9ca08d37212 SHA-256: 364979c3efbccaadad135cfaa8595aa7e35a8b4390946aaad7eeb5fd661c91a7
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to domains that appear to be compromised or disposable, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. No scripts were extracted, and the document body was unreadable, so the attack pattern is inferred from the URL heuristics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8900

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://dermatologie-chamonix.com/userfiles/file/dunedabopupitopipogajaxo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://conblocmanado.com/pics/file/47414778421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immobilieninvestors.de/userfiles/file/52666078736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c551008837cfbdf68e34f322b795c313/kewabejilufugusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhandiban.com/uploadfile/file/2021072415590873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ruilong-ironwork.com/CKEdit/upload/files/96524091349.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://eurogeographyjournal.eu/admin/fckfiles/file/51988742008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.info/files/bipelewuzirusuzaxojoter.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/nenukexavo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb0d448a83---3225978158.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://jagamimpi.info/contents//files/nepapataxomepixurarusalim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c14b4c18b5---77271579342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqpeehit7r0jpggqoaq6gr688p/34059555512.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://wegofa.com/userfiles/file/17145481544.pdfIn PDF document text
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