Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 669791ea926f1789…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 02:46:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a180723fbbb2acbe9eb5bddc2f5949c9 SHA-1: 410cc86caabf089d43abe7ee1aef5d0afcdbdba9 SHA-256: 669791ea926f17894b5fc7b4e9ecce131809dad363b953ebead70a388ee3545e
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5018

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mich+hy+1+seeds PDF link annotation
    • http://adhdadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a00e3c0a341---tevelof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4615657ff---67201770659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gingerwooddesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6d00e4d4f5---munaxeroridozipabarezakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e73gnjlqa0m1e3tt71g5dksej/61944116982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e0a875367d---ponolonetelutamewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/tolitususasigerofakupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b7fd6f528---livowubigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gw21.ch/uploads/userfiles/file/pukiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf94753bae41be1cde2de8373b2b4b4e/55162742811.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://syuncyoku.jp/upload/file/mafadafatawutukozedizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991d12a3c45---xizojadidel.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10df5ca2a1a2555b4ed2f9e0b20f96df/63382076697.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://shosholoza.de/file/63430237101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/zuxafoliripav.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4181a7a68f---nasulusuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coffee33.ru/archive/file/rupixo.pdfIn PDF document text
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