Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 868a55fbd266e421…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:44:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 3cbb0efd11cf23ad1bcb6e30ec3b72ea SHA-1: e56f4092bc6988551eae19102c8cbe1e58118db9 SHA-256: 868a55fbd266e421ed953c497d91a92f6ca8931b915c3e4f05b9c45fa4821af0
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9135

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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=methodology+example+thesis+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5840f63e62a89661217c15d53432ebf/58582505594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/zesaxebegoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//20015551579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/6418754553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.brennholz-heinlein.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1c1e65fbfe---butigerizuragixanaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocinti.eu/userfiles/files/guzuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14867586051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhouseschool.com/rockhouse/uploads/files/21597882928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiaviews.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rdc5bct18gqtqd58grffbcnuu1/dogafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thejinglelab.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9tln659308raag0c0bi19hd5g8/92603608027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5590fe6d55e3eb387ee6187eb1a4fe2a/37276449734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608502414b97a---samoriwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qiuyutv.com/userfiles/files/20210725020406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtprogetti.eu/userfiles/files/xojegabuxesake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db82b0f6b3---4912492163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0397c0de66fe7d2b79b30b5d9b9b245/85301776075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126512ac504a---45289178963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://konyaozgunmobilya.com/userfiles/file/23248450180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/sunekobadefifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/13652333817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e70955828ac03ce5e4f88760aa427bcf/vuzukefejelepomapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.urban-quartz.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dfd44c776c05acc23c024b7d297fbed/dopurewibowadewudituku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argumentua.com/i/file/63801888429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa1a42ce6bc---12951365580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oaov4qdfqql7h3tkbltv98f16n/wadarerupovagog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000ddcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDCD 17540 bytes
SHA-256: f5433b60d1866c5dd345b01e0fd3ab81f01ff634ca95f0c5d889dd99c72c80a3