Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbb9fd7bcfaa4a5d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

63.7 KB Created: 2021-06-09 03:56:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: cf37b904b38b75fc611f818e58bfdce9 SHA-1: d0f2882dc36e8f30f9ff812430aa69b094d4f00a SHA-256: cbb9fd7bcfaa4a5d2d97192f5f380c6dd9c48084827df0083acdb20043cb14c8
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, appears to be a lure for educational material, likely to disguise the malicious intent of the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7422

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=collective+noun+worksheet+for+grade+3 PDF link annotation
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b57b3d006aa---56037307547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.actionconstructionjax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caa67ddac1393f3c61032d7f59a4d9de/rodizosub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfekttorun.pl/pliki/ruvimujexupijaxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7a31e75d1c98cd637e95a4a739f68f0/gopuboke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160926de41428c---xonitajegula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kmclogistics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46e408c720ddaef367f97d39e179086e/18757633544.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41l1pvs4qd4tk2nc7btclp8p82/52551082325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/mutogizojekofevafotido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/rijupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609018240be10---garujenazirisenifipobavej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070bb213191e---gazom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3067b8b64c---18634603899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608310dd03a0b---demetuboxosuburux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1e4ef0d55---bilezeretelek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a700985e2bf---118088183.pdfIn PDF document text