Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95741f2a7ad417ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.9 KB Created: 2021-08-03 22:36:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: baca96e11dc61571ae7a3f0b04e62e29 SHA-1: a63e37e1c5ff68153e22a7d9cb918588f7f44b84 SHA-256: 95741f2a7ad417eab46e4154027310d3abfde9246f9d613473166b7960ea8c1c
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. The presence of numerous links to potentially malicious PDFs on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/67f7e7f5d1260e6f7bddaa0eab5ada65/widafarevaki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/xasexeludoxufapakir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77dib9fiqhd3u2ncl5g2fnnuep/23384020194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambvet-trefontane.eu/userfiles/files/warojiwoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/674s490l3orlkklmaf0c8hske8/88662203227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/wogaxetarugewoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viessmannboilers.ca/fck_upload/file/nofinojenedawij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kco.su/userfiles/file/70846598723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4068e4d5fc2650646ccf7e419154bf83/19610397260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c1cc89994a---lamasikuwupuwidix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mostenpo.jp/userfiles/files/43547493287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpforbusymums.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02a8ec9d40773104c60a191f212a0073/18450616046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/dagadikadeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contactconfiance.com/files/files/57692581709.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc14e56c90---pitifizimopapuvekebizusan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://besttailor.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37245766566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/19081890878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/99036281602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31obsh02srv2lnff8hgqvb40f0/59442064344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+an+interview+essay+conclusionPDF link annotation