Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dafa6e2543000fb5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

196.6 KB Created: 2021-04-29 05:11:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: c0500b555230be7264d0f2a1acc37aab SHA-1: f72d870ba7001f9b5459f2ca2dac3314da019253 SHA-256: dafa6e2543000fb50275735612170af6414de9334249d7583554fd8076cc104f
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8706

Heuristics 4

  • 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.
  • 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 http://contentworks.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e58202f40b---giriwifuwuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e96c116a36---dixavepabozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d95b409e512345708f50e0eacd42ec0e/8373248216.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4573ccb9519ef06dcdf8627effb272ef/julidomeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dc3327b6e---97622630357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dc0ef190e---fogonixenofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e6a54bee5e05d67df5cbecee385f67b/suwibanifelakipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cee972bc37---87068917588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb3ea3710074ced81c57879e3808c3fe/nezeveziwavur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=baudrillard+simulations+pdfPDF link annotation

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