Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e45650fbdfc17ece…

MALICIOUS

PDF

53.4 KB Created: 2021-04-28 04:43:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-07-10
MD5: 4faec34c46897a3316e9bfae5d2c82b8 SHA-1: f6dd1f35f339de008ebb71203ec3dcd919caeac8 SHA-256: e45650fbdfc17ece4f09c7c2e619074935729d2d43560a989b60ef0f3c7a4646
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The document body and heuristics suggest the lure is related to software cracks, likely leading to malware download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9583

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 http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0tumh9alt4u3s065duodnmd0nf/fudepuxolevuwaxajetogakeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nt9qdbgcteklatjdoedd3bu3e5/risixadefikuwuxeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d9f80a519---99498129997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ced988720045e5b71e37867c987a9a2d/jokulekobudirajafaruji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cda6d004cbc71e2252bb07a709fba94/nosije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736b4ee0274---77570516442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ccd69ab4d---91949681909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a7144cbfb9---61380712840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p6306rrgc7s4nmdfec350j4n5p/pigewonabozuvorejuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da6af3ae35---20695638461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f806373c1---53088016845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://msr-hudsonproperties.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d425acb5ba4c231619153edbb7b4732/22161824599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888921ad137---vakorofobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ebe218d8777f5b268382ffe4d9efa9b2/sidixogowavape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=burnout+paradise+crack++freePDF link annotation