Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6c70b980d330db9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.5 KB Created: 2021-06-23 16:11:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: fe3a970b8524f13bc68e2f034e6cd976 SHA-1: cecdbbd15da7b61628831c8a9c4f13581dd3b46e SHA-256: f6c70b980d330db909ed6d482d8ebd1661c7e8161ae06f52354b24b4cadf9202
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The embedded URLs are likely used to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8523

Heuristics 5

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abb1fda2c3884bf69499e420fa8673e5/4733635193.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/kirawenibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bd0ae55f7e---suzanuludewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pqrpcsdvn2s2pp7ur0ikc2pb21/bewivogijetobuvuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bddff0605e51585eedbcc23a3eb89dbf/niredoxuxafetala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cbelmira.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1fub81vb1hl9fichlpvl8jjl65/47098078419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.allterra.group/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c2c6b3cb34eeb95a41b7d8277ba77a0/4113165962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/obi2rolpfcd8ob63hj54jv1bb8/dapabutobama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af9a723c835---neborewimirawewaxab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c40e0b4c964---vebopemowenijode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viajespereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ad65bb265---tuwekepalotaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/mepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b04hdb0c53h5v5qgu41hr5j0b/60993244002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/23116315413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandzak.best/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4868cc5cab16a76716cff2a8c36ffd2b/39875375528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adelaarenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1rh8eoq3mrj004e2cc92j3vbnu/51813284904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1b3a13ccc1---zanexibanigopefek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mwasafat.com/uploads/files/94482572580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=parts+of+speech+for+class+3PDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eb9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB9D 5268 bytes
SHA-256: f022fe086721c2ad2ba33d680f166b8567b950aabf07aec1f8ae2a4ff9d38288