Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 368a76cdd31e957b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-04 12:29:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 439e5f3665d4e28ff3f6f1af2e9f7b38 SHA-1: 8e3542bed13ae051e8c33ec50e22061e5531dd7b SHA-256: 368a76cdd31e957b43382cbad33e7d4c43281d196cc6b4a1a2288a0911063f52
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' indicates the document's content is likely a deceptive lure, such as a fake invoice, to encourage users to click these links. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign.

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=personnel+management+policy+and+procedures+manual
    • http://gat-asset.com/CKEdit/upload/files/finividubovel.pdf
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e40d8cca1d1---bupanekulifabog.pdf
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/bixufenemeku.pdf
    • https://viboot.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xajexa.pdf
    • https://connatlas.com/home/conn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/betuxewipemojaj.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c48cd04441---durop.pdf
    • https://ms02bet.com/contents//files/62039208370.pdf
    • http://teaandtiara.ca/clients/c/cf/cffd5a667a547ddf6f7ed7e454f715b7/File/50418875565.pdf
    • http://cherishedmomentphotos.com/clients/8/84/84fe84b553acfcd191e166b7401b6f02/File/79328729529.pdf
    • https://amezdigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5dbf3fd6d7f8cc6718f1441c41637de/lezikomejogekarekobibebud.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f7b5ada1f3---werasojitep.pdf
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f9173e4e9a---90272035025.pdf
    • https://zivotzaokny.eu/res/file/dejigumufufudowix.pdf
    • http://gyobel.it/public/file/21056880878.pdf
    • https://laflammerouge.ch/userfiles/files/12828863601.pdf
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/numis.pdf
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/retubipoledekixop.pdf
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210504160103450.pdf
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcb8e2d1595---xinegipobopinok.pdf
    • http://yavuzselimvakfi.org/resimler/site/files/bokumeg.pdf
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/50330044984.pdf
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2kta0rq49lqu0j4dnu8r02e7d3/68844236706.pdf
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5d0f207b6c616f5bf90262c94d83adb4/televan.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d419.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD419 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec30.bin
d31e6c26291e04294a81daee96ca6129514893fab23ab9fa3be7dac151e57cb8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC30 11072 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000105d4.bin
c8d06b65a9686879fbe81d69f6e84bc4a540c93905416ad443b01422ab663b87
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105D4 16756 bytes