Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 585606e75bc087ba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

128.0 KB Created: 2021-05-10 08:28:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b39c677889810e2af6df2fa2127d2aec SHA-1: 09bdf1fb351db957a98e0ae0ac68db1fcfae6462 SHA-256: 585606e75bc087bab1a1aadcb5bf53a9a02eefd5191f58f3c346f140a00717d1
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for distributing malware or facilitating phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9319

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://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5kuuqs8d8akfndcl9ge8r2c3ae/ginaludegojogotu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://au-coeur-du-temps.com/userfiles/file/30241893882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7144cbfb9---61380712840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kreasoft.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d552a7f02a---23183198837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/93294207014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070c5ac5558b---zudotosunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160720e958e519---boletelijesopibevivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983e70714df---figuwibedavijibaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f217400c907e163454f1aece02f2c2fb/bisurepazaronegutufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6b16550212cac2d4dfad9365112560b/15140741235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beribuket.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c1b3cca085b94c7b26ad0286fcf93a3/90989524171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b7a5612adb3dd8abf5e9e2175ca0afb/pilele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/868825b9b6f71d4fb9a39cd3b0677ed0/latapifakilarij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c42cdc4f42---49633165232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db7a493887b304a576b79262b24f483e/49453748629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=bump+of+chicken+answer+rarPDF link annotation