Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9b050609f0486b9f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

64.0 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:52:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f73ea7d07226c2867d4feec640cf3e1a SHA-1: 6a01560ea9f015c33ee347be9b25a4000ef21397 SHA-256: 9b050609f0486b9f52e7f960b260a48fdc7c5a144bef2e24978b9816ef34fae2
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV, indicating it is a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing operations. The presence of multiple external URIs and link farm heuristics strongly suggests a malicious intent to redirect users to potentially harmful websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4986

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=packet+tracer+answers+ccna+1 PDF link annotation
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb998d21888acc2eaec3e61ed68509b4/roputipekemoxutuvusefup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/zemetafitumonozelinaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a66c9678f07---95450833290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1bdfe5b1b---50895402985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atl-50.com/files/file/38192764237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njuhome.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78769094185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a59da4602fe7a47994f58bbefb03add/mijibekuneluwokupifuropij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a37382f5d4581accfe529aab2889130f/51366202444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ajewaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c15f1cf0c81---86136357034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmdg.com/upfolder/e/files/20210604101952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/goxarotojidetofudovofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/13338425754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16ee07eu2gkqccjo760ij8l1ru/77760921770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/migemejuzonuxumabese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8af356ec9---tugeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6309d381fe---giwawuligitula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160889ec119bb6---8266267838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0d7596236e---digatuvafanukovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/5698533260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e8ae2989d---siwufuzakekewamobolus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldo-ins.com/userfiles/file/kagekedurisorukewumuwitaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd940bf72b9d1709ea06d5fd2d6aa75e/zuguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64b6cd7370b7070826be680cc97285fa/suwaka.pdfIn PDF document text