Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fc785b1c14ebd083…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.3 KB Created: 2021-06-30 11:59:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 216749b117809226cf7070df1f1f35e9 SHA-1: 128572c5ad7989c220c12eb2e3d8911b8d9bf311 SHA-256: fc785b1c14ebd083110138240704b94d2a30dfbdad3646d325fdc81296b8ab12
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest a phishing or trojan payload. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5042

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=signs+of+a+manic+depressive+person PDF link annotation
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a481cfeb8b5---gujagivozenilasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bogelaipigeon.com/upload/file/69993088648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079a63ee7e90---10538013016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc1e18006e---11355132311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fd-health.com/upload/ckeditor/files/13385200321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-33.ru/media/file/89823368132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nowyhotelik.pl/userfiles/file/luvivunajowijora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/xorikajelidalav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/rinoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d125ec31c5690225ae4125121771910e/kezirekolitutoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b56c781600c23582d9e3dda57437402e/wineke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/45459495635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9940b8eac---7502514447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e8af8092ff---83345543003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlajobinator.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/beguzevekutafunabapokalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leosservices.com/userfiles/file/25001165134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d526c1a255c00ebb9863c5e418e07a85/papewawapolilajabexoxez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eko-inwest.eu/upload/file/bovafizeporuvidipivov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6nhtgklm5qb8oes091umgh8l87/49509271969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyorszol.hu/userfiles/file/86653486639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l9ngpd14fsvjhc2alt7rrb8a8h/xibobitorije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sugarfree-gelato.com/upload/file/xugijawizediradadozeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b525bebc758c8b07321b0b9c7e92f000/xaxozenutobajaluwejujuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dfd6f86cf1545439b63b17eb85a5029/87350702965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7a495c218dae339bf15645e037357ea/petuposegowasunowovag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://originalcheck.it/public/img_admin/file///gexexixigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f54b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF54B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1