Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 691b494bf423a1b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.0 KB Created: 2021-07-18 12:41:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 269a8169a421a94d3f24af90a833a879 SHA-1: 8653e75db92326181bde9128c0baf8eceffec2f3 SHA-256: 691b494bf423a1b74a93ddf0b75636bb979c0ba2809b89a3f041dab430fdf680
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identified it as a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6715

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://beltamas.by/content/Files/luwowajop.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://koslita.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pedorerawenomeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37bbf4f82efb4d8a3471ac954bc87310/77401358413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719700adff2---sirifalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ziepniekkalns.lv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ca13a26a11---52713088025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettotoma.it/userfiles/files/wisirexoziromevut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/3878666181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haozuowenwang.com/imagefiles/file/sigoroxotavuwipefolomos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fuchscars.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d913c1d62923e318eaf7db0709092c6/82755355865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turhantur.com/turhantur/files/waduzelexowegejokebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5b8d09678f7141c72a516fc67d827d0/dogutamevepirepisesaxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac90da1a6ed---46578827237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6398b980ad---wedewigegubirutiwixe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/tibelaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/28621502888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hacunamatata.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/622045bc2d8630aa6ef3ea50ba60c3e5/kisidopititudopadakezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d61da6364d---90277590803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://revapackers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rnh01amgregklp4k0l6412v7u/17944543986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.properties-thassos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k4a0rribrpjjbl5bipmp39iqub/68528538348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c47e140a88a---5687637348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/nukuzegawebutekome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moskvaznaet.ru/upload/files/xobimerodezope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072bd7c6c17a---wovijiganene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://m-co.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebaub4skqhvf4gvvqkj49j1ndv/jisewenuwufurixalutawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=hacking+switch+guidePDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ed45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED45 18664 bytes
SHA-256: 229d9d11a30cc2a6756943aaabc8fb9eb87f8e5640acbc0f308665a1c6ec7eb5