Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b25eb2ee2ca52050…

MALICIOUS

PDF

51.6 KB Created: 2021-06-20 10:03:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7)
MD5: 1ad529020c0f2a47e7713a4cafa688ce SHA-1: a23ec4a643b5c9556c551b9e8045f01c2e3ad78d SHA-256: b25eb2ee2ca52050e7ff20496daece42e0a58521b9e6e3f38894a9ceeeace6a6
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, detecting it as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content under the guise of free patterns. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its direct intent beyond the link farm.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7129

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://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608011637812b---36516822571.pdf
    • http://gtshotel.it/images/file/xugujojije.pdf
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a225d28a9b4---datomamugifozukuzudoxi.pdf
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/86200842703.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d4896a4b19---2544149920.pdf
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99ba2d532ffecb2096dcc52ec0cc79b3/85204298819.pdf
    • https://www.oneirishrover.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c039de55e0acd16ca1b2f27c721fd5bb/97877083441.pdf
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/86020388125.pdf
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4985d3ad4c---20249696849.pdf
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8be5234e75---33834238955.pdf
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7fbubj6ib3dhqfp2hp8vamspv/fidituteveribidejovebev.pdf
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f59a5499bc---xojatiwiwapapujev.pdf
    • https://ailani.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e401b7bd3adcb6dfe24b39f4e5c49bc9/fosurexevuzutefajipo.pdf
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cceutpsr1pre546juluodi5pc5/rebewudebev.pdf
    • https://invest.pl/userfiles/file/20952128062.pdf
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c29a60e423c---xobarule.pdf
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b97aa32f1---temamapide.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=free+doll+amigurumi+patterns