Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fae3263cae6f9e29…

MALICIOUS

PDF

47.0 KB Created: 2021-06-24 07:51:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: f88c26389ddcc1b17f86c2a7a36e3c2a SHA-1: f9f17517ebbf5264db46490fe4cd91651d5114eb SHA-256: fae3263cae6f9e2930273a66d2921b3aff83265d2a3f02f535552eacb6efe1c2
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. 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 malicious score 0.7170

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://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45b5f8cf08---2908390417.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0r3arnn9et70rpvg8bs2hoq899/tilibivonigivorimitonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://voxel-avocats.fr/uploads/file/bijawopaxapojodexiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160907a9ecc433---xelepis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bauarch.bg/files/52193472968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gphs84.com/clients/866382/File/bezesipewepoboxaluv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d08257bc9c0---wulijarigidogawose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d3c006e7cbd---96880923888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ougttncir94nc1bovrv5rc2hca/bewoxuzanapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d90a3406157904e525d7895c1e53bff/51808946096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5rr95vrkqnsrbg5aiqrjfi4u57/12692170311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10b9547c897c4c4851b2aab914be1993/rerajavazorabojotufepire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081717e9682b---bekonopokovoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/mibame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/89775327841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=deebot+605+manualPDF link annotation

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