Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 316783fffbbc5706…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-07-20 22:46:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 4ee5cbd64635d503ac11c43f1f5cf98d SHA-1: 21e2235c02ffbf94505cc4f45c1947c08b735dfc SHA-256: 316783fffbbc57061b587ba0c686bda6ddff92673d825d9362b55b469c60a7da
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics indicate the PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's used to host and distribute malicious files. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic further supports the idea that the document is designed to trick users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 http://sibservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49747634981.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609db7309b83f---70365812909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070cd6d7f5f5---fabukejijaponezatubugax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd41c375e48---33296834334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinex-auto.com/userfiles/file/46025404235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/kupigafakodesojosakazefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d79925a65fe---kumigopelovovakud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bqi90k8598anf9d3kf6m0dfmqd/tanopijazazugalefisosekap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8d284800b6b1a04b926640a1f3f5c9e/39998487025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behbehaniprojects.com/uploads/files/28125343155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/43796884146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hugslock.com/app/webroot/img/files/texuwuvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecole.ru/text/images/file/gajosepudefifev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wo-kop.pl/userfiles/file/26356295985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.festivalmarrakech.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076702d7a4fe---95263660505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/99222234664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f3081bcf663d127da98c4b2b64a36f5/60244598523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/32336727441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiengthai.com/file_media/file_image/file/dawim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/kujuxigowokagezipenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thaiboat.net/image/upload/File/40431667753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melloecastro.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082956873fb9---tunubexinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesmclassof68cheyennewy.com/clients/82478/File/dirugugusojumoxajuwuwim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.physioaktivkramer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608014548e735---funenenebijonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+create+mailing+labels+from+an+excel+spreadsheetPDF 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_off0000eb9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB9D 17008 bytes
SHA-256: 1af18d2d4fb440141b492400aa9b4abe19fc97a0bdfd42909e7dc2027eec20e3
font_01_sfnt_off00011835.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11835 11600 bytes
SHA-256: 05a3eac0e0a92eec8116c105c605cbcef6e7e556ebebf0ea8b2404234c5ce71d
font_02_sfnt_off00013333.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13333 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1