Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 39b6ff937aa2a07c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.8 KB Created: 2021-06-18 17:48:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: d7aff5ee5079dc7cb60e81a23fea934d SHA-1: bff2a07044896fe232271425ab4736f82762bf80 SHA-256: 39b6ff937aa2a07c94ca06e3ddf1c6dde99a485fdc0dbdd3ff4dbec53b1f3341
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to trick users into downloading malicious software, as suggested by the 'powerdirector video editor pro apk' term found in one of the URLs. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no further context.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7084

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
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    • http://chalappuram.com/userfiles/file/rigujo.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d941128494ac6af4d8f9c2ca1fe93e3/26300520529.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea7ac085d9---99351267365.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2f2b4b6f20---24270393207.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb56c1b4786375e5d27c51310a59612c/862702039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761bebc71a4---lilusosexasufufenamujozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6s343pr4dk4lt6eu2eabo26jh4/15878677714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/26554844602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=powerdirector+video+editor+pro+apkPDF link annotation