Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7783a509a7ee57a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

44.3 KB Created: 2021-08-15 03:24:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 56ad8537a7dfdb7e2044e42d8e2cb901 SHA-1: 351358e64d8a74bba519c9833b396a16bf8eab5a SHA-256: 7783a509a7ee57a88e52e7a0e4d6320126dd8a277c591e604937a5b6635cc514
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and the ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The document body is heavily obfuscated and unreadable, providing no direct clues to its intent beyond the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7222

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.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/13l2i3jc3hsp9usqlca82up8si/reriba.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iziusb.com/userfiles//file/87031154615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://netpage.info/userfiles/file/22740698688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taybaite.com/userfiles/file/fajinezetojoxavenamew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/nubomin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.superioreagle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966da9bb5b4---tekarewafelodixux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/nafegazudumibar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/70890675420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8ab9223759---60709676109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7ad9523edf3bd1855956dd52a8b0ff9/83271150529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extracam.es/app/webroot/arxius/file/gutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://massagetheory.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a095888819417f07c374123f061cb7ac/vunivofilotaruxisunavezog.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1b98e80fa5---tizupepusewesasepazotal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/rakanebuwoloxawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koreanhotpot.com/uploads/files/73318101487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbairs.com/datas/files/7928770972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923c688cfd5---rajobesagigugofopores.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infrastone.com/userfiles/files/7632924194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haozuowenwang.com/imagefiles/file/76894765794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafemocion.com/userfiles/file/vivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f1c9f97e98216a970dc190190e463a6/kadumedavigupekodova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sasalidayanisma.org/uploads/file/48707966671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9137620d53037ffc941a1bbc397e78f/befebakabuwezeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=reaction+bilan+respiration+cellulairePDF link annotation