Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d372b26c8927ec7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

52.5 KB Created: 2021-07-08 06:54:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0df96181c8760e995d3bbf9dc96e5479 SHA-1: 9f9b4bcf8fa591ed30d25137ddebf573da8da501 SHA-256: d372b26c8927ec7a39a88c14d389f7e3ed15e5cead358f3f04e53a7e6ded270f
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to lure users to malicious content or downloads. The structure and content indicate a phishing or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6164

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.
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    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a249241ec26---pisidakivonepenuragitibo.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://pasarantogel.com/contents//files/23357541689.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acc508ea4f4---zekogepeporos.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=writing+the+date+in+english+worksheetsPDF link annotation