Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 463e200934bb7999…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.0 KB Created: 2021-06-18 17:17:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: cf9a08131c20be7b77329a95128a44d1 SHA-1: dc8f7100b8e6048211ed5af9d4d72d054d8501d9 SHA-256: 463e200934bb7999c2c9000758e33a613937eac0edc068f3d013d02967a83d38
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file is identified as malicious by multiple heuristics and ClamAV, indicating it is a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The document contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a link farm to distribute malicious content. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests an attempt to track user engagement with these lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6806

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mp3+freddie+mercury PDF link annotation
    • http://www.kinoimaging.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32899a23ac---jozerawap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/edae4f342d0577efb5ea22cb51398e5d/kavofutipurawuwefoxuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b53de658e2d---44905630262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160751a57e588d---50331956037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cb1e1f663---vasugoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878ef9c7b97---wodewut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poorclarescork.ie/images/63852895545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v17a61flsellh49k2j3gvubvaa/jekulepukazowun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607521aa59a8c---wajerimolavurog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00f41879c4---gemesuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sodigital.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973ebc5e804---24343571477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c049bf98ece5117254df7ee6ebff1ba2/43066771735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81efcf7c7ec52b49d8e29b47407c070d/gofagoguvukem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgjf18ggirqq0ql3dghg0nmfu6/kizomirilaxezumaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/629dc1b9fce8ced59b17a6eacbee28ab/78117247750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beateromer.com/bilder/file/debewanerepazeluvevekotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d18dd24c595e0586044db7bdb510e394/58360751566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f03ef32563e0107cd251edfbacab9c9/21189245311.pdfIn PDF document text