Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f991371791f6f0f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:14:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9454f02bd436fafa82d3b66f2ef7cfc5 SHA-1: 1ef2bb4611e9442c641c444503c895acce8e8d03 SHA-256: f991371791f6f0f5cef1f9cf0a7d6c3263da3e4d10cd2bab00a45d2f14d61779
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of PDF link farm heuristics and embedded URLs points towards an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.8360

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 http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/miraropegugegapegizes.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gldbirdgel.com/user_img/files/92195540483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sokolzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/lagawezekozorowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/koposohbl7omkn12klh7vueju0/romazadilit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c235b330ca---19038635585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucphatloc.com/upload/files/53313803681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phdpecs.hu/userfiles/files/16647705342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vovusuwopuwure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hjev1tin6lds1ssncp208gn6m2/wekikobupafurekixubijut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a4a1b706b---45644585043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/momigomalobinewimubixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.coconutlodge.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48f7433802---pavupew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/8In PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+solve+surds+and+indices+problems+pdfPDF link annotation