Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 df51d39742e56425…

MALICIOUS

PDF

38.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 19:51:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 3e4b804cc66ef485ef61cb3996bb3ab0 SHA-1: 9ff739aba39fb191215a3c6603b34cf148872b58 SHA-256: df51d39742e5642537f53685313daa2392577b57d06180e3ec9154f8cb6d1068
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous external URIs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body is heavily obfuscated and appears to be a screenshot, further supporting its use as a deceptive lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8501

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 38 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=root+of+80+simplified PDF link annotation
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968e088c0a0---5452025149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vpj37np35ss474gu8nb2kgkkfq/pevizuwiveninatasidilanuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/20740853135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altadirezione-consulting.it/userfiles/files/87749040426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad94dd39e8f---lobujez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083e484a0691---24935264835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2c63faebb286c07ca25cffba7142a9b/82927217384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/64b67fadb4829b3e709e5d5ea2359332/xujabewazudirowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073484990ff2---39518726457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niziointerior.pl/upload/file/59327888844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a692dde2bb1---67664315546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akazwaeiw.xn--p1ai/editorfiles/file/pokujegasejatezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f86ub49ik5fmghr7ib6d4jo25b/kuzunikawefaradanefikev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160850a19In PDF document text