Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f3491bdc7bcf00f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

48.0 KB Created: 2021-05-12 10:46:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: a7c6fa7aaa057385b57ec66e99732866 SHA-1: 5667cfc2b5e81118032eb9c7ce781e6b70698b88 SHA-256: f3491bdc7bcf00f978241e3814a2970920bdee2d626952dd5f3ae3f6016a5449
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable hosting domains, a common technique for distributing malware or phishing content. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and the ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.7248

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://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9733ac283bd67f415fa63cffcefb982/45602804964.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q5g5faaukvratcbshoak396mif/14277175912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ij0eqt7f2239568joeho09agvi/49903240790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/81674693371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a11bfc0d4f510a17c0c5737ec8b58d62/7909481718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c754fd2378---49511604644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tp0hclarlj4431tldoq61m9fvo/kukot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b15d726c6d3302329b930230de58a52/zoxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lavalledesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160802992f2d01---gebimibik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72440f9d70c1d59e98e7dad007b03d32/bokorixipuwulanajela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fddc6ff7d85468c22cfea5a896697267/mukijulomir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af2e9223c5---13855773926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10f414348c3d8022009ad3a01133ae3e/dupilafufimomagupalut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25332ced9a1187a8aeac07934bf65f9f/28937563503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lashmakerpro.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u93f4df8j36sm3sflelagn9t77/4855164263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85f7d768d2b970689284ac93f409c0c2/92646104169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e29a986818---23168871039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=purble+place+free++for+iphonePDF link annotation