Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13854e77809cf487…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-08-17 20:21:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d90551a778a5db11c2207f17fd659b5f SHA-1: 6515ef7a94a934dfe44a09b1f1fafea5e8cc9550 SHA-256: 13854e77809cf487270434b8779df95e786461adc344793192429ac26a341cc4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is classified as malicious by ML and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains multiple links to external sites, some hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing campaign, likely using JavaScript for obfuscation or redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966be4ec7fa---jevetuxupulumasudir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/nitizepimokatogug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608204a40dad7---50225461965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americanapi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c70c0d69573---51243954025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andrecampbell.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb77503ad0f597aafc3d4563dad40603/jametuvugub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26b70f7c27b7b641908f819bd309bcaa/45061648940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holocaustresearch.pl/nowy/photo/file/xokikuviruwuzubela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9cbf2149eb5d1e8ca81863115ec9bfeb/serolibejopadenobonuniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/782779bd7ab34e5419064cd9f3ca3389/pigobipulixagureba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longvu.vn/Images_upload/files/77780193445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liily.jp/upload/file/20210720092313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gbuljit89cuveid9k1t9plduda/27143045418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rivaflo-south.in/userfiles/files/50057889077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vqo4fs814o5k6fhr1vatv06he5/13956125873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8luc31ekb3hd83fnej5spkb8bu/minaxojitimazunonavamise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a9s739l6omdph9tm2kdqk5lt3/90662363542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brandonsmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4ntdroatht1er5faustgfaad5/95029045663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f660c2d98---punuredeweb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/fasememog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/252024248846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-recycling.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/manoxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b224135c4a---suxofixugodorelup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ciem7atc7aeq88t5h5sv1vib6/71448145688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zav-mito.si/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f51aa73468---kejalesujusulere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5of7edwardstreet.com/assets/media/files/73942011392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=cartao+de+credito+escore+baixoPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000f77b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77B 19052 bytes
SHA-256: da2e7ebde25f8983ce7f172855ef6129eb94a8a30bde5d1fb66abd908242c883
font_01_sfnt_off00012645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12645 10488 bytes
SHA-256: d58e0537a3bccac336ed3df08d0d7a3f19583148077ed7e3b9697ffb37e010da
font_02_sfnt_off00013e50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E50 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1