Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e52a119ddace6fc1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.9 KB Created: 2021-08-29 23:15:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 33808bdcfbb48cf834e113a1a46b7615 SHA-1: 52cbfe7f80e2938dc57c44b9d9013fa633d5bfd1 SHA-256: e52a119ddace6fc1b2d1f2eee4aab7b7b6c2bf53424bd22f016a27b14b25f513
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate the PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites. The document body is unreadable, but the presence of numerous URLs and the heuristic findings strongly suggest a phishing or malware distribution lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9593

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://www.ltgpartners.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83fed174c391322a30314805258cae21/gavaxosopazivotamofudizin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bibliotekaszamocin.pl/img/upload/files/69760949108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remont-elektro.eu/archiv/file/fawosopewukemixawiloj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/vemuvomoseliwiratajafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://datavincity.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/fuwepiditelexopivoturipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/67518997089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonlittlesun.com/upload/files/89374677589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j0vrdknb1kf20nigsqjkgtg885/18635772975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://graffitipaintstudio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2afbd522fa094b5be1bda20db4e1c40/78114144183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/vewukosedisudes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xistenze.com/files/files/63494348222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079b9188deea---muxixaredewazeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e68b4297a---pelevineduvubaravasamesif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swiftnb.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45986834495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exporoaster.com/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/wiziw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--pr3b03lcdvwu9dpynqkc.com/DATA/file/20210708163416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b37393b149c44068104c018251c27cc6/fijefepituzutoxusasile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607803fbd1fd1---mogevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uteambio.com/upload/files/38568261629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thomas-zigon.de/images/file/24237567646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aa5alfu.kz/file/fevudakef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=bowstring+truss+detailPDF link annotation