Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1e134953258bc969…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-28 04:13:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f8354e85f7b38de3313902ff22525c73 SHA-1: 5860ca196951d933c55bf3b11ddfaffb63672b39 SHA-256: 1e134953258bc969d6df244b2be9a0f6a695f150b35f4c6a88e2387d6b025138
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains a link farm pointing to other PDFs hosted on compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution lure. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to trick users into clicking the links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://bonpetsupply.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fbe289ffa3---81395537774.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://medicentrumnz.eu/medicentrum/files/file/61481492310.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.plsok.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c8c32bb2e0f966d5795b33137ecfa61/lotabulumivivagozodufotow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vtracauto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c203ccae998---9266973809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rukrhjrr28h15tkr7si9j2e3hg/kizewimaluwakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebookmarkcafe.com/uploads/files/debutujav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coatielectronica.com/files/55635099901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d796d303ab2---tutekubofulabijezasibeja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travels-ukraine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bc93e9d9a1---dukavoniwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4360bf9c2405a93c04282743cc696a80/98758306361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawaniint.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6455917419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alibabashipping.com/userfiles/file/surekabazuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovvsuta1s2hhhb5sbgn2k5faba/95806888870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yogathoitrang.com/quangbasanpham/app/webroot/upload/image/files/12621523651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/81208868539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/915f5gs12p175ml6p88dm0rmdg/sapomuzazafovasokumabawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4l4lla43s6vcfb6nqi309j7k0/41526553678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cz-synergy.cz/data/file/5298597762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d0496252f133156b560cfe2b6db0104/lajuwere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/jedepudufijebeful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b26f1bc5f53---gagerotise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jngf.cn/files/file/zosiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://at1-turbo-j3t.com/contents//files/14143912345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2f13ca1007eadab3bace11a61bd827e/vavinixozamisepefojugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+authorization+letter+to+get+form+137PDF 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_off0000f2c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2C8 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 84154b7e8b639b0ca748e1e48f32cb852558de16a49567d6c87fbe979523c601
font_01_sfnt_off00010c4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C4A 16796 bytes
SHA-256: ffc4106a61af6cc7cb5c3249a801017aab9d254de93854eb6a2b45b193649172
font_02_sfnt_off000137ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137ED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1