Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc7d80f33508ac81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.3 KB Created: 2021-06-25 20:15:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d432c367d535b3ce7f43e8924dba75ff SHA-1: fcd0ea423028dc60c8a304701796cb5dfca96a88 SHA-256: dc7d80f33508ac813a20490842e87b38731158c8f0e4332f5d9504dd056c74c9
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish users. ClamAV detected this file as a phishing trojan, further supporting its malicious intent. The document body was unreadable, but the heuristic findings strongly suggest a malicious link distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4974

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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hc+verma+class+9+solutions+motion PDF link annotation
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/vamixamikitusarewiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c371917d116---lugatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obk9p0sc79e7v1rsntts75c382/47480651140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0a26015bc233d742866dc54465e4a30/83679540396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abf59baed69---30306095122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1218d21a4c---riwajarivadilazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g6qe1bq7kb8g94se82hordedd3/90881447515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39fb94c0ec5d646812e4f418cebfeb6d/51340629853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrobrands.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c8d90d01cc483bd53d217ef8269b62e/203799236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e45ca3fcb2---rawabanifedudomitaxugozat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608568c4d279d---99702459569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31b55a09abae81e9e40c19fb43a03860/zukatunudotot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/42322371811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d398c2ca82---14037977322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stjohnhomelessshelter.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03fcd1499bf5edb47a4f15d6d1c2a63b/lifebizetefuginuzebaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54ba38ed17b201f85339e7e137cc6268/10907088164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/wekujibosimunalef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4278c459533298a8ba792476b75377b2/bebun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3792635def641a347b4c56a7c4615295/50972577250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a17ef3271---70343037218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appchecar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57053406807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/11869891978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nuregio.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df50189d23---jefalutemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099718e5db00---sovoneletaxidogopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a87049f3b56---80221192320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/163da1a89a0b3350e35f10def834b0d8/47527912442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e227.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE227 16956 bytes
SHA-256: 3e2d6cb1d4eb2ec1e3f4566e30e96632da0d50fed4fe03c64405988679ff235d