Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4b9db964f5d5216…

MALICIOUS

PDF

39.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 10:02:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cfdc64ea8c9d2f9d9f2e9c6db3c33164 SHA-1: 1167711403f0b4c9c0900ef76a7cd739c98de722 SHA-256: e4b9db964f5d5216c4c0c5152f0a92aa6bba23dd62b0a4e0048225d7807e0328
174 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains an image designed to trick users into clicking embedded links, which point to compromised WordPress upload directories and other disposable hosting. The presence of multiple external URIs suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further payload delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8883

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 39 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=my+body+say+let%27s+go+but+my+heart+say+no PDF link annotation
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01ed4fe3b937dab8a1eba4ca8283861c/fuxapadimanufufibojefevu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607afa759b418---lepisawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6584413420---9445998148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hgb.se/filer/file/87722502438.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c78420ac9---zexigigutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdontheroadnapoli.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3aead842c---76630763191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aryaayur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b89a538d4cc---97606958961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3037b70834b1229923f832b8304d9ba8/zoliga.pdfIn PDF document text
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    • https://rockdental.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/875f636fa9da976ec70a7b7419bc13b1/3234902337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elpmarketing.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dbdf4d28d101e59ce85d9adcc79fddb6/29090496492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezagsecurity.cz/userfiles/22263728173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivalecolo.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9949a93f29---kilimulilomesizupezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d63f59a6eb---64050825071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da56e31240fae72939be4b32dcd7f2c4/taxefija.pdfIn PDF document text