Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 623d9918b90bafa2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

65.6 KB Created: 2021-06-24 16:46:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 1dcf254c62407805c2e21fb05931a8f9 SHA-1: 7268c639ddbc56a72372bc0a3403a111d4c83593 SHA-256: 623d9918b90bafa29ea3e7cba6226769a4ee173eca2347335123a8c28ad843f7
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to contain text related to training, likely a lure to encourage clicks on the embedded malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9578

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9826dc12ab07867f7d7e0ff8a46dce3c/36107148528.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779ba1136d0---8007876800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rs0l4lovol1ug246okeq8qvlj3/nejomim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/xefufopuduwupefig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/755be8c2c67f606941d211bd0fa3703b/wonibibobexanozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab31bafad1---redujazazavefuwonenifelul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reflectionuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/re04paip9da4anlrgegaihua7m/jevopajulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f1e2f0ed1ff375e8752aa2c4f07a0d8/57204809960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/689703421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43591b0eda3e3ca3f03e4425652c5b48/91749736568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jscorporation.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609718570fc8f---36838467120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://club-integra.ru/userfiles/file/bifetenixex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/metitowamopuwerujagolut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dtcprojects.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cebo2o3ks75gqvb9nmagfhaa7o/40155698432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sec-ollivier-associes.fr/www/upload/file/48907560059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3bc1d63e4c---wimugipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=explain+internship+training+and+vestibule+training+and+classify+them+as+on+the+job+and+off+the+job+method+of+trainingPDF link annotation