Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe0eeaf1840390ad…

MALICIOUS

PDF

57.0 KB Created: 2021-05-25 09:36:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 11276add3344fd7d6e6ecf095a021163 SHA-1: c5f188eeb78a4498bcbef83c9ee195855e512ad6 SHA-256: fe0eeaf1840390adcda6292dfe5ae16facde895281dd76e6c6aa38c234451fde
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document masquerades as sheet music to deceive the user. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, specifically within form upload directories, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly indicates malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.6549

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://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a348cca9fdc---nezokerakovinujilaxuniwe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609066d3bd5c3---20241621737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f3339234f1---pelulidezopuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2e16a17c973467b77fd498e8818d218/fadelado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1195e3ede7ab31fe6dd6374838468c6a/62895627776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b86a83a58bd97431bbdd4fed817cd50c/2928173192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e9cee2ba1de2cd540c60896ed610e9d/50821921221.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kliningstroy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160974fbdc26cf---bixebizujimiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/kotanip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc84eefc61---waworon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ut458cr2tgo7n9ojutkfaep3ju/58751743257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/34500651530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nextgenship.net/upload/file/20210522162172278552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44b65293d3---15738930370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmddsgn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/534fb19dc20e7b9fdd531077ecc5df88/94723701188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=love+to+me+light+in+the+piazza+sheet+music+pdfPDF link annotation

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