Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 aa5beb9b4bfcad73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

62.3 KB Created: 2021-07-04 22:44:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 94661de2d6548acaee3f79a565bbd597 SHA-1: f523b33bf307c1b6c01ba5d4ef1ab03e2da5623f SHA-256: aa5beb9b4bfcad7345dc69e66b7e0071f4f0bc9adf68dd1d8fe350ca8f58ffac
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and ML classifiers indicated maliciousness. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The document body is unreadable, but the heuristics and URLs strongly indicate a malicious intent to redirect users to harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6855

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 http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/lepogixetabiwulekakinedu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/93988968023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7bvdkp9u4np80thsjis0ftaq92/gibuluranuvomerede.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb91c8a6476---75111664824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ozkayalartrans.com/userfiles/file/jokivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jiptv.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8n9omkeumu4ch49u0l4mbb6f5r/70834440682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puzynowska-kancelaria.com/userfiles/file/wodenonutiwosid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqoon8keimbp6n8ofuc7mcc654/simijegababerenerotuzenop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndu6grcsvo1u9srmqhghe62f7k/87448406206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3794af7ab---ruxekonifumuborifilotel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b832b0f2783---firemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/241005326513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/tosulekexarijuselifelukiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160962db152233---jegadukivut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/xobigov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accomplishtheimpossible.com/userfiles_ati/file/46878983356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/62737626440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/gaxadogezake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072badb9ca30---24961967145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/je1bnp6qtdtbh1use7rmcqetqu/74859973605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xoblates.com/clients/e/e0/e08cfb93fb97b00c28394d0532709dc9/File/piwumido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=not+exceed+meaningPDF link annotation