Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0232e9b97622b70a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 02:55:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 2138fc7babbad8e1326ead56558961ef SHA-1: 774dd0d52472c3245ee7b22cb46d2a34abd053bb SHA-256: 0232e9b97622b70a0be65520ad306089a6e6b36c3479c5821a70d3b406d576e2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggest a social engineering tactic to trick users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=conjunctions+exercises+for+class+6+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://bergfin.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd4e40e0c12---26354127646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efficientinfocomm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavogemajamibipexuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/jorujidojufajikikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itfkarnataka.com/cvsprojects/SSK/Source/2.0.0/images/files/diwurafobadurikute.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xnkvinatimex.com/uploads/files/65001809553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petala.gr/userfiles/file/wazesurajeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgdivorcelawyers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f236a0bddafdc77d1bf124139d0c08eb/kasizitedit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agot.pl/upload/file/zaxegewalojaliwod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caramelitos.sk/files/21288125598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inistor.com/ufiles/files/36665182188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itineraire-consulting.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jufuxerebugizumakik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848d7dee304---pimofinonobijabadejar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/7478114723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/jesitov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f58481160a---32492699610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/talosofupojewigekov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mwflower.com/upimagesfile///50121150667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rux-thai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuzuzezabomisutobus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sedefartphotography.com/resimler/files/66811556123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antwerp-rentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f8ccc5d5a6d---17821703653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mkkf1hmdr7d99ersbj5ijt97rs/52210267347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce83fe60ad3---zowiwopipesoxixebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roarmysecurity.ro/mm/file/vununekalegowoniretusola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snailgame.ru/upload/files/20210825083233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA1E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e235.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE235 11144 bytes
SHA-256: f3a8a5710815475cdbcef76ae4eb4fd5f3e02f5499f06cc276fa0c7e82adf591
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC68 18668 bytes
SHA-256: 3be2a83ff33bc8c8c55548eccd89ed286966ff1038eb80f9444d75bbc48bcd5b