Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c46a1ce18b6a42cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:47:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 6dd66e280c61f8546cfce76a7c933ebc SHA-1: 968624ab25988e5f3d762c066d5d8045f55e0d11 SHA-256: c46a1ce18b6a42cd2a7cc0dafce6454c52fd8b013b38aa954cbc1222ac6f3b9c
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting it's designed to lure users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and the ML classifier further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6677

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=class+%27knp+snappy+pdf%27+not+found PDF link annotation
    • http://countrysquirefoods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f601e1f043---95844029242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/60196162397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e9qtlm49pqjcabt0e2oeuarch/fenaxuxuxobuvowovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/53184136012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/53528643908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birudongker.com/contents//files/radarabedatewovawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--d1achljw0b.xn--p1ai/content/upload/fovujusinemoderaboluvat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cdd0987bf3---5754431284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130006948643---fikirerisogodowovesifile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://filetorme.com/upload/files/42387570826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btsis.com/upload/ckfinder/files/58572962201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barudan.hk/UploadFile/file/20210527010724478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rodnolespropertymanagement.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/6126536685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4974fe21e9d3df27d1212988bc24bcce/katevovazudajoguxomed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9c9adf0ec8---mokonij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f75dc3ad82---42640560781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/58889029349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b41395b63ab4062338a67da5fb854da8/kupoxerojadopelediladu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5c86b5197204cd3ed3958cb9219a1b3/30550300335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6a4cefaa5---53884949895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2d13504fff23c9717ba5e5a3b7b929e/kagidim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/43797879856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/23223006122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advik.net/userfiles/file/4114588363.pdfIn PDF document text

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