Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da6f99afb864ae34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

46.8 KB Created: 2021-07-02 22:04:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: b56a0ea0676adcb1a352c12022106c60 SHA-1: 9781878f0ad5dc831bd2f0e409f2542e0716ae67 SHA-256: da6f99afb864ae34ca0f98583ecd6929b315ebb6db70deea84a00cce32d4b739
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 0.6912

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://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da93254f018---masaderovurob.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/vojivajumalen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c49821a4c75---92735299228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vgdanuk319k5uescc4uag6gal8/30452648003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/82051025455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seroinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/63b306d4a5b33cee97a91ea5fc696bae/nigugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f34f54a4f2---46837154242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c803998ea12e4de4b72ad8a686cc6ce/fifudamexefud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marty-triple-m.ch/inhalt/files/gufolokanerok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jclifeschools.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dad835dbc8a85280d2345cdc38ded99b/gutajabitakobutagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-tes.ru/files/file/6373744120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u62l80h93ipiq0bi4ka70seklh/63142757487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160701c6684762---30233906858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/famvcb3ng55esfqu74nuu5r6d3/fuwivitujabadimazoxole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca3a367ff7d---tutinogapituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988de173234---dusiriduxenumibariva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c06b98e170---tusapage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f361c3b054---16108381751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lezeckastenakosice.sk/upload/files/kusafinakalirewek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=internal+knowledge+sharingPDF link annotation