Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 53106b86091f4592…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.5 KB Created: 2021-06-12 22:51:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 54707b6a48e21f0c07ef5784769a608f SHA-1: 47669ddcd6d668ec4a60f121228a592625538056 SHA-256: 53106b86091f459200aa9d2971dd145152ddcce4947149546645261a19324dd2
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, likely intended to lead users to malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9684

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vampiros+la+mascarada+clanes PDF link annotation
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095b468796e1---24931337679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliance-ltd.com/userfiles/jijaraboxiluro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b6d36638f---49925713468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b89156211288adce3324192530ac1eaf/larimalanekolasazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609018e991c72---molarugejobuzoxedela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/79532389432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4vgk0c0ud6hm6ofhfsci5ihnr4/94949927403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenparadisestsimons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74559eb59f3e44d896868ee7d734ebbe/fajufanubum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelescare.com/userfiles/file/kajutiroxilok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160783cd8a8b84---40664274423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2361822f46---99053093998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traditionsradio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0po6cpm2d4n9lj6n6k7h6e2kj0/vavuxavodekime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e18bac61d---dipafajilebudosore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agmatbaa.com/upload/files/46660702963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160841661283a6---tenof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc5b8940451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010971.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10971 5184 bytes
SHA-256: 68397e0cbb1685230e78ee5d177307e42b2db47470bb795c8f1aca84456d5f65