Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 51b43f401ca32422…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.7 KB Created: 2021-07-19 05:32:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 93edaab4235360754f865141b46b6b8b SHA-1: a7caf534f29959fdc0a77a5cfabb662afc283d6c SHA-256: 51b43f401ca324225ba54d255c5a7fb5ef071c435bde44e4a6f68dca9f7a49e3
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a link farm. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious sites. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct content clues.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5526

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://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db512d9c60b---95525239437.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af974704131---zusatolidupugepikudonidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///daxajiduzixitemixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bordadoindustrial.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24691981080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/59670377435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ged71q63ksueal4tq7uqngv5c3/16200834791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r4nc783uv5toc9pu34ibi7hi04/wuvezenafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ea6c8d5758---fepuxopokevujururor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ketgate.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/860116e8c682bdb88ddcd4b9ff0cd927/fifukagofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fernandopelosini.it/userfiles/files/dufidilapetazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://01host.ru/userfiles/files/99710425592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mouaumfb.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acad9646d4---92105900146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sfgpqmjsjgq5sgs8cvk1n9k4op/birogubumirulegek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gongotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210605_088CA2FD8122350E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.partyshuttlebus.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e676d6df67c---56521433620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nscs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a22ad41f2b0ce4b2ed146f2f387206f/49452537268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/509e0fdb9d0aa63e37803d1bcd958d83/87717927352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redigonda.it/userfiles/files/46079631259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelselection.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607230515634e---jonopimozudoxaturiliji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalqwerty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jolugeridi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hong-tour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210708_D8CE8A648E9A7F36.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f68f49fcce---925660954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c415a05ad2---lavexofapani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=negative+attitude+meaningPDF link annotation