Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1e682eeb5fc0156…

MALICIOUS

PDF

54.3 KB Created: 2021-05-18 11:21:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 81b263bff81957df3b037d699222ac45 SHA-1: 684f42111fc4396f8e8b8e156390242983b0083c SHA-256: d1e682eeb5fc0156d3b5da0dd205003bfe52d13a807e33b0d2a3fdf9719f820b
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 ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories. These links likely serve as lures to download further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7284

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://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e396fc7d48---88926036157.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b73dbfcd49379c002c6276f2954af82c/viritazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edmaker.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6adf3555b100cecae2eabd9ac2057305/25108754030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intechsol.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e3590fcc4---dobotoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1be7858dda078ef94f8dbdf1fdcaab16/lopapoxesomilutajugegogin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607254fc82570---dapagodopevuxavisivew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ddfb739e7---nimamerese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160995beac811d---52123181223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anzmrrn.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d22ed6c6a---22323770895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falerisztika.hu/tmp/bunaxabenevuxejome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c999d81c8---2480166303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e1ef7ad052---7720211954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/94715691849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01sps378dcei9lgqb58nsap3d6/41688365266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/61823052988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c9feb60a6---wuzeliku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maychamsocda.vn/images/userfiles/file/38968001867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+tell+if+events+are+mutually+exclusive+or+notPDF link annotation