Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d070b420c7b6b0cc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.1 KB Created: 2021-06-17 09:32:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: bac6d74cf475b4ba3b4a25ae5b5976a0 SHA-1: 621a8465c021dff70ee8d84f03dd19e10ebef67e SHA-256: d070b420c7b6b0cc7c1ae65611877029c6c954e53fd374d7bc3269682e606492
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 an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters in some URLs further supports a phishing or spamming campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9941

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dwaraka+tamil+dubbed+movie+download+isaimini PDF link annotation
    • https://alnahamgroup.com/userfiles/file/wodagiwaxawozapawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sklepjola.pl/userfiles/file/40604868298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/pesureravegobiritezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba3ea4124d3---6633723853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/zediwujumapumojogafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://archltginc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b20209165bdfe28829a0e58c0bec8b2a/62554757449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f708ba65a4---78150677384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afra24.com/basefile/afra24/files/gogurim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29f850aa60f6eafd0801038bbc4b5715/67199648250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/legitusiwanomenomupofabun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c30a1b7f4d---41298112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://syarmarka.ru/userfiles/files/wijozunax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073cc725afef---5935698418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079540198dc3---44155631377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misspacificus.com/clients/873634/File/27446069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87fc0a3f3f7072b17d0f4439edb8d95b/nesole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/htp45d6q9ee5tv62qogk2m8l72/relunevelasonatuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa31817af7a---42804004171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/xutulezoruguga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001775f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1775F 5208 bytes
SHA-256: 0bc65e45bf4c92cad849561458d3a12c712ddb746165f7e74476fb0d617c8eb9