Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c29f7f1f5d9c12c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.9 KB Created: 2021-06-19 08:13:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 255d15e907923b31afcb9d37907d7fe5 SHA-1: b01b1385965f796a47a1034f4050525564602cbf SHA-256: 7c29f7f1f5d9c12c81c25a4469500e68fe95bf5f4ade13727368df53ed7d5177
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a malicious PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9746

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 http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e88bd43fd---28559472188.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3d6cb8f1bee4ff9994b3e55b3566dc2/nazotuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4fa431367---71489114130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2eff1cffcd71b9dc75798ab0935484d/nujujepeximekazefugifake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawcab.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5a4a9508c5---wubemaravisajikibimimubiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kristinanamaste.eu/files/wamirovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abed562a91113b92b2e29f0687d47ebb/36198429007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kcequipment.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18855a17a1f8560b4911566645723b35/tefapubitowonizujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glasschneider.koeln/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gu37isfh8gsgd4hj0vveh8034o/zinijek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kakvkusno26.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c03033b03a7e5389ee025eab76a9ce72/60189135045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiakaha.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cslom02encfspiejtbd5fbumg/38851466438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d488c20a88---valopepawopifetofivomeluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/3302021233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e1622abf5e6845d083477643ca6e285/mefotebonero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c342187f8---89215432183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9699b658b2---69471919492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphaveneers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b93596ec4679868222d97920d55b6774/roreputozadavolinitos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=despicable+me+3+download+in+tamilPDF link annotation