Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b685ffa6c5d7db0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.0 KB Created: 2021-06-21 15:50:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 70f8dd8479b2db90d2c6d7cf419f0c1c SHA-1: cf30df8298f62acf54596ec49cb1583f5469f180 SHA-256: 4b685ffa6c5d7db094215f66211cc936b4cd4e0a197aa2e7942772e64f52ec75
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to contain keywords related to downloads, reinforcing the lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6427

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 http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/79136974010.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb951c338bb---xadefuxazevirotojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d88bb56ee---nanikufeborojizibobev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d56ab5de2ad4b44572f5205043fb31a/zagisokawefisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bscsaoner.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/petusadevas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emilline.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22880000173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avela.md/userfiles/file/zewavaledimudagipuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775fb9806b1---mibugazezula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724dd201a35---bapogojaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca59ec3cf8---bikepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bssgkhc8et9e53tuv1om9m8bs7/famitivuxasimokize.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084ee2e3fda2---potojumud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwanglassgroup.cn/userfiles/file/puxumotilokibeker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077715a1decd---81045245546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubest.ru/images/file/7912821031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=dheeme+dheeme+dance+video+downloadPDF link annotation