Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a1f944914a371180…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.9 KB Created: 2021-05-02 08:59:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-17
MD5: 0d2be8f15fffd1dd326967df632f4164 SHA-1: ec762e3ffbe9b7d5a5a484c5565f7be2412c53f0 SHA-256: a1f944914a37118022bbdc63a477c861b7aeaf66c404037c40d28de56f2c6a6b
94 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish for credentials. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains text that appears to be a song title, likely used as a lure. The ML classifier also flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9113

Heuristics 4

  • 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://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/373ec40224a05b7bcf4a8030e9e7d8f7/16936795905.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53t9i8jdpap32hfg36um9dqn2o/raxatanik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9133db6a1331cb179cf02052151b0d7/vabitosixekobob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c32051e8d---29573707105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a40907635e---18400346768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e99a34c2a---vogezejenizasabevudopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608340d0cfa2d---raxowekomazelenaludebif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smarttactic.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4d43b1d27---69410645789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802a6bc9b2c---75734212173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085f3a73e719---45636479578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac15b3f48f108d4d0e90abefe8b233c2/83621801556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa9eafdf48ca92fe5a22f5004255d132/refamujuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ogeq3oim25ig3rn36prh2rl4ff/23213328848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76d52645c2bf20418a4d9cf68e72e2ca/61918098099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738d6ecf729---48862899111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087a7fc84886---vofupoturomodevolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160712a957fffa---nezezafure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jtour.vn/userfiles/file/rifoduji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05e8eebbd5a9a05bec1c053f17c78472/famowebodunageweze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=chitika+meeda+chitika+vesara+naa+songPDF link annotation