Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 accf27fb803a2dc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.7 KB Created: 2021-07-07 19:44:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 883dca709d77f93097ae77578f224266 SHA-1: e4dc0d63fe2b4f0b96b6e333379a086276fb4e63 SHA-256: accf27fb803a2dc2c6bcb5ab53725bc194da8f65720e863a4aba1a46a3967a59
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites utilizing the Formcraft plugin for file uploads. These links likely serve as a link farm to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature, indicating it's a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6978

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 http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a83e8f2b45---54844372581.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/divuzotowogusetug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/kopirodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b84f7216fb---nugulikudijabebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607aca02df1bf---49436189327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5939976bdf---14271086681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609edd5be33d3---17070727106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20a94de5f8735e251251f25848c79137/3594880947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t95dl7vj578maubpec33ph2hpe/tinitimonolidorujalonafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07869d122827f713ee59f5c1d45e2665/ditojufiwegejorudika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qd39apr6fnqorlo5dbt6hrma77/21947869950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4811950391---813856092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windsbs.biz/files/file/33024026934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/90987887608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de65c974e9---gojafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38f39a2033c0ae5ff39776b27d4d14f1/62725262751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843db388fc1---vefefisalowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb962871063732f259e3a343dd029567/58264165116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c224de6cee7---48488698634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099710d0140c---99873085549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/40784334996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e61a2a00b9ea7d08d3956504d1341310/mesafeveluwumur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=campbell+county+ky+auditor+property+searchPDF link annotation