Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1433c27e05ea05e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:46:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 059af366b2d86dd6a8ecedad63d7b720 SHA-1: 6f7f5e4e2508096c508e4b9e66cfbe47f75830d9 SHA-256: 1433c27e05ea05e7be66a237d595b89cb11519eaf43a41844ae4d44d55014bfd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates a potential phishing pretext. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=accounting+in+tally+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://termoformat.md/img/files/25267874920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9c4a10ebfd2742ca5225fd9d69f3f91/98959961901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divinenine.net/userfiles/file/jalejurajolol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northwestpixie-bobs.com/clients/e/e1/e1941a3904c49320334fd90e0ed9e852/File/39481808052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/kemidelubadasuvim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartcookieacademy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612dea038e390---wepizager.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9e95dd5dad---24856735817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairvoyantinfotech.com/demo/images/jajotesosemug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--mgbaf4adbs1bd2i.net/upload/ckfinder/files/kekatajerewanex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/071a53d653bd4edeeb7d27369859d2a7/44545947244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zsmnowakowski.pl/userfiles/file/wumixozonadexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bfe6a2554205fcfb3a6d6db08b8e68b/poxuretofedebelifedumezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.com/uploads/File/lobijexapufijaduretawekez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fd721a6f6dcba5d53d55b0571c63103/pewufamopip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782c81107f2---44335704457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61675914c983b40ea3b274a0b9154e18/wenitoropemakuzidigesev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/42210373184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.leadercaravans.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimagaxunalajapagajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nada70.org/userfiles/file/tabuxagajozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desagresbrts.com/clients/34568/File/10039156225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/molovurivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/xejalakukafilupululuvapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27f82a1b27---pivipiramosob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc6f48c05e4---5301851639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f3f2a37f71---bapovuz.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_off0000ee13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE13 18172 bytes
SHA-256: 5fe88ddaae09959efb7fdceb7d3f243e0caf2774393aa17935f03096925e6578
font_01_sfnt_off00011d69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D69 10592 bytes
SHA-256: 074cdb7443e1061ef46807a10f0c49b7ce233dd63780112c8fd4ace6effefae6
font_02_sfnt_off00013596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13596 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1