Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea96806c5769e0c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

64.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:16:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 4d828956b202fc013d772a713e2c178e SHA-1: b337333dab13396fe15e58fcb9ce02a744a8f452 SHA-256: ea96806c5769e0c3f4474562c4c1cc096d8dfe17c96f59774e1744c4f2b5b2ec
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier suspicious score 0.4986

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.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k03h4dii9eu29dgmpncpvvfar4/80808718832.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ce0761849---20377866128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidnheaven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160938eb0419b8---94355006652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikewallis.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ffccb1e319---8462094742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84fa4f73af7eb79f8d7d7ea624da5483/57257664362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/96394710436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/32731096804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/95241974239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c13a4db1c27---baxerejegeguxiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7657568f2b---rudob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609acd3962dd1---zobarerunugamanepafivivux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tph7aqhs49j1vq9e304ur6fap8/62705410212.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9673c1e9eee28451d0c6862da118993e/52138532519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cr-sdc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e4f10e2df1fda6d153bd1c45ddab3a1/35583017808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chocolatycakes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac99ca3f10c---28903241927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chi-kara.net/userfiles/file/xotukamapexaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8008371463---sezibepik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://p87.hu/files/parabafikelomulebug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kicksomeglass.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56ab1277e7895a2847215f6180f597d5/zetizozotemenetefep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartarts.bg/userfiles/file/87660617592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/donowiponupolajuzizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lavaecucebrescia.it/file/26733137678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/lofalewumaxobaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0a76039d96bbd1fdb4699563aa3869c/32057896701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2goggfsl6d22hj6ss0lvhltmb4/35797097777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=capital+of+thracePDF link annotation