Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 592ddeb7e037cd4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-06-20 01:59:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: bced1138ab34f636a1ff65912f60a4f9 SHA-1: 8174947fa9b04d2f69dd95cf93d53f76f7d4845b SHA-256: 592ddeb7e037cd4cb5a3fbbda79d5a39b0213171aadd287677eb2b471c77d272
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, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery. The file's structure and numerous external links are consistent with a malicious PDF dropper.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8924

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://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e981a1855d---dudifexiresifopibodi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86a4a7bfc50028a76df38e47bf5b2f98/5520353368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b56fcd872ce---85169665592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellos-mecanicos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/478de3b718c7e286b0db596fbdc2c464/kaxugeginugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ok9evtpnp4a9ru257rps09bq31/tajafomivironoseneragigin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a224938b12d---jodamawazirajorudazuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b190brjfengfmpd7hpb7j5do4m/14796520151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b1770dce86---40370004703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orsolyajuhasz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97963545276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078af57ec181---pumitunanavivuvunumalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rc-modeller.se/images/file/%5C/sexovixobaxitaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nt9q65f0kgh9uetu8qj35p44jl/87322234075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44ir7vrpbuob2kc1d22ulrbqvd/83609066792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a560bd4fc0---vidurubikalafozeroputol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5801e80be27f5a0743913ae4189ab2d/5233493312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arc-welding.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uk87l4df63s33d26e5ecdru08u/dinukidifumir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae71cae6215---63394512721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=sama+lamaa+duma+lamaa+lyricsPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f824.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF824 5292 bytes
SHA-256: 4bb29367ee5e2ef0cadf819b17ca57ee15ec1e6304ab2f608d08b3865fb56e50

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