Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ceb4bd4b1c43766…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.9 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:47:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ecc8a82947f6ed31a1d8fb343385883f SHA-1: 1a9877c878484e144afeba5dd8b6835aa91f2112 SHA-256: 8ceb4bd4b1c437661c8120d1b0c4839dffc837b89058cbb2e7dbf7ff03381673
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and the presence of numerous external links, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The document's structure and link farm suggest an attempt to direct users to malicious websites, likely for credential harvesting or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF's overall design points towards a phishing attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8501

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 38 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://english-island.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p5jn9d1206v57a8d7ng651s9l1/dukanamirupetefoda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://teleinwestor.com/userfiles/file/vulusagisabaduxikaveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/455fc9de5c8cd9990867ab2dae36aede/tulaxuluvenuxawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607204168ddfa---94394842040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adatechotomasyon.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097e98f2e510---87883817501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aadhaarretail.com/administrator/imagetemp/file/ripebeworomem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canionglobal.com/FCKeditor/file/27523319289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/26866545087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5a51a0087e680e81a05eb4a43344241/60879354426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c170422376b---rireju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brightwayconsultancyservices.com/userfiles/file/732764325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/xagawawixipitivudugigazid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db1917533c---66246802168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charroninc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa63ff75eccc05fa7ee95f28861cf6dd/xinonokanIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=convert+from+pdf+to+jpg+online+freePDF link annotation

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