Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1bf3498538823fd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 15:18:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 7b46c21f73c537d9815240ffc67916c9 SHA-1: 50bde554effa65fe8fa701ea9a221d104a1aec6c SHA-256: 1bf3498538823fd537a08881b4ea0f22ef64b85047e0bb2aeae1bab50afd3df2
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an invoice-themed lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=online+banking+pdf+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://kursadowicz.pl/Upload/file/libimurexeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c353b1d8ef8---libelomupovoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dsreti0q7b7feot4fl00k0aftf/84972079799.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctyhoanongangiang.com/userfiles/file/zekutemujulus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/kanosegagolonunuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e54fe106d0---14348098080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insfilings.com/skyzone_classic/upload/files/nisidodagevudisizinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosconi.net/userfiles/file/tomuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frasertechno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160896788175a5---pemezalumomalinemovogofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contectrade.hu/fckfiles/file/30790511739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chungangroup.com/uploads/files/202108232205432458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://littlepearlbooks.in/data/eimages/file/295850708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/66875522248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/10841913420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humboldthighclassof79.com/clients/1/19/19f040aad945c40a0acbd79abd3dc6cb/File/48329354104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilalyapidekorasyon.com/userfiles/file/32772304748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heathrowairporttaxi.website/userfiles/file/dokesubad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1af6b8c868---monigegogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dca79g00o5cd4ai9h5dcvl363/2526825211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banner-ever.com/ckImg/files/bunixoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gocep.org/data/userfiles/files/fenikanenafopasiwajuvepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091abd546b69---dugajel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestaerospace.com/uploads/file/14841467882.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_off0000d963.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD963 17956 bytes
SHA-256: f94cb30ecd290d17b8c320cb00950e6e7fc597f7f5225387d6f610b021494a91
font_01_sfnt_off000108a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108A6 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 9f7b3ab1f6259081f1f7408b0e98bc4e852c36b60129cc5ba9569eeda418ceed
font_02_sfnt_off0001211a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1211A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1