Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dba179c1ce0c74f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

188.6 KB Created: 2021-05-23 08:48:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: b346e37b446f2e7a7d66f19ab2ea70dc SHA-1: 33d8beb2a43fc816c5269d9e7ddbbd8bce3cd9ad SHA-256: dba179c1ce0c74f5598be7a66299ce8de6429840d96f690d75e1092b08383f0b
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 0.9818

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://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e19fcc4092aacb74e3612789083826f1/pavasut.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f7125b2eaf0efed50efd05aeb724760/paliwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609018de24ced---sizudalovev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160765b591dd9c---3056901846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e8fef2ab7---pobazagapogexisalanevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c48e41f40c---dalulawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/40e8b9cb858dd5802e44183ae1f079a6/44988916530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7f62e7878---jomibokizutemisusexal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/83977113411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rffsev.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b298dd6d21c7f136ea5811a7f69f8ce/zaragokeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2k393s81u6feulfnsh06c53phm/27883399883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2729c1dba70376b2f1f14aa7b6260a46/fikevadifisotagojujanak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h1mulmgiti5ljls8evr3mm9e13/zozarasadifafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=o+level+physics+electricity+notes+pdfPDF link annotation

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