Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 60d192f5e2a74cab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

45.4 KB Created: 2021-05-22 07:09:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: fd42db19ba9022c5982e04fcb53ffcd1 SHA-1: 537bc5602d9b8ae2cb19a2deb124501afb84cd3f SHA-256: 60d192f5e2a74cab20a176f508cf0e2e0cb39cb53d9387b2fc8b4b29e3e5a40a
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites via the embedded URLs. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7492

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=formato+contrato+de+arriendo+simple+chile+word PDF link annotation
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d290fb3f7047519bec3c9e9c1d92d80/tufib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/13945298039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/pijamexadama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792f9133612---77659156523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vbs.pl/dat//file/1029546252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160985f457cab6---dorasofovifulunonebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087da335f2a8---45583169854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49al33a2zdp0eo1x.com/DATA/file/20210518105354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jtpk2p9ug9ic5lujjtbcl1lvt8/24207140334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteer.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dda3c78bbf6b9dc78f1547acafa55b45/sewasekapisajejawig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a33501550d---bebagidarimoxiberopun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607174179f823---4585383200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a44855bb94---65412971268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d6ea05380947dd6ae3f3a09f9373128/66260021257.pdfIn PDF document text