Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c579d126ebda75c6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.9 KB Created: 2021-05-20 17:23:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-06-13
MD5: 631d3ea4d861ad6d3d1568f8c2303fbb SHA-1: cfe02ce198ab38fdc3836d0fe11ed583066e6913 SHA-256: c579d126ebda75c6926d80a079530271f9eaab8275f4650b77b5d02c391eafef
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating it likely exploits a vulnerability or contains malicious content. The document body contains a religious phrase, but the primary malicious activity appears to be the embedding of numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains. These links likely serve to redirect users to phishing sites or download further malware, aligning with a spearphishing attachment attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6925

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.anieliasfx.com/uploads/textareas/file/mofajumupanilerutok.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.andimoda.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cfde18c672e832b04f91054926c2c115/12692617168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608223e107ec1---58424277041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/14208451877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608815a91683d---44489332749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb88ac01c4---renivofomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycustomerservice.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a4dd68682561cc595bb13dbcddc5ef8/sopazolixagikoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e881f3765---mukewufixitemuzavakosut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43918ee5ef295fadeffba1b16cd5b783/xijob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kp8t7f2qfmk4jvgmuo3ngpvbgj/11392405675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079299a317b0---nadurevarezoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076dc5c8209d---rexavefokivoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f687121ed1---55658282550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42146efb0629364d98f5f47b64f854b4/42100687653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wholisticvibrations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/188039abed5f357fea55214c69bbf5e4/tifutejorelov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=apa+arti+laa+ilaha+illa+anta+subhanaka+inni+kuntu+minadzoliminPDF link annotation