Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d8c266b74f2e5810…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.6 KB Created: 2021-06-09 20:11:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 8fd7cee4588dc1d50623bf6819d78ac1 SHA-1: ca791a26d33c902baa4c9fb03b358a3f4df741f8 SHA-256: d8c266b74f2e58108e0ff4a3fcf68317ba8b228a813e39c296e4e6cb481e9fd3
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7205

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=good+morning+beautiful+images+download PDF link annotation
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2643fadb95eb799a4cd291f0b17d1b2b/fijavavexuxusukutik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumerieindex.nl/images/uploads/54004648694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078924f5007e---bosigaxezuxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/78387147376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39f16f16be1b62f7f3664ba760346902/9717867414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608acf62103fa---wanipekogijoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076501e96c65---7971602110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akbmodel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ae8da36c62---xaledosoxuvemotar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/29943969345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab1c47fc8d---34860730380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/6334036738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b6104d950---texorusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iivtr1gae3pthb56gtvvb7ke42/wusidadijuvivegexawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a944e954ddb---72894304439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orhancoskun.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608382d0ab9a9---84034593356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://burelomdo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/witamelazilakivugupoxop.pdfIn PDF document text

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