Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0493c4d36eeee52…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.8 KB Created: 2021-05-01 09:26:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 4f2f4ad1d8257b7a5b6e1d4a00bbf10c SHA-1: ab5fa96fe921eeef4612004a44b3c75a4a695462 SHA-256: d0493c4d36eeee5225b560ee462558ebd2966e97ad2160854455b8386b93bea9
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of external URIs and link farms indicates a likely phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8618

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://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6894549d8f7e1f0dcc59d468845370d2/naworuruzixomenisaziko.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608041f465095---5316625378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87228976d1b83f5d26bab10ab1f06f0d/fonobezogomopitajedego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a35940ea1a---55670292562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ce39a8241---selorubemajodawar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/227da0143bb84c6d1845d066780646c5/65980890447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4974bb579ba994fffd7c2cd637ece754/jusarerukivigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/12049851391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9j3dtpv1tji6hfv4u1ieefmdb1/fudibirazoduwaboro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071fc9921095---46802137460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d96490327---bumovowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.petersmetalstitching.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796b8fb545a---48193563791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e98d98841f---6122167513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayardplaza.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3j48pdmjrtb1s9uldfe8i2rofr/puxadiposit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavemed.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/231ad25d124016d4ca0792a5ec62927c/pifubinumodifurokugexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=explaindio+template+freePDF link annotation

Related samples 8

Ranked by shared artifacts, heuristics, extracted URLs, CVEs, and signatures.

Full JSON: related samples API

Open this report in the interactive analyzer, or submit your own file for analysis.