Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3eb717d116efccb6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.9 KB Created: 2021-06-19 09:34:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1d3478453d701802e4584203e3a2cd73 SHA-1: 32e8899dd3278ded4b176f4aa7ac4554204a6b2b SHA-256: 3eb717d116efccb69fe2bccfece4ff91a48fe66c94fb4cf0ca8651059e31cab9
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, hosting numerous links on compromised WordPress sites, likely to facilitate the download of further malicious content. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of multiple unknown URLs on compromised infrastructure strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8517

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://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f67cb5e443---47917415605.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://daotaoyduoc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irfgm3764o1an5akghb7s8u0jb/79376362489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/55058786208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chicagoportablexray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085835709cd6---bevanale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5f6039c83---bexogoxopoda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asbu.net/uploads/FCK_files/file/18613936663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1j6ao25ee01hk64og07ib8ht3/fisikawanidiwaxefupuwufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/widepegimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9f0ee37354a618156974efc305592e2/mavusekabelakejupivevit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfba41abfc3---ladulesewatajotonopeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f33019474---zunizituliditulofamovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fdd6c86edcf7cd57d4ed34b8aaaebfb/ruketumuturezegubote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukoilmarine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87967875108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f0a197caa---66800830850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lg8rl3ppq3bufrsnjn1al4j8l1/97589272803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=bbtan+all+balls+apkPDF link annotation