Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 380c2fb5825541cd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-06-25 14:34:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: dfc5a9c1460437d99f3387b2fe79b80a SHA-1: e7638cae15fba4fbafc2af02775655bb7f4f200e SHA-256: 380c2fb5825541cd1bcb558fe83a860f43a80c1db366017b2d0413bdcea1d7bd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and link farms, indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document's content is designed to trick the user into downloading a payload. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the execution of embedded exploits or malicious JavaScript.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=audits+of+financial+statements+are+performed+by PDF link annotation
    • https://razvozka24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b94f157e3bbbad8584fb679b7f87c196/vujosoboxuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sme1970reunion.com/clients/7/78/786f1e38e9ed540b4a7d4f5dbcc09398/File/rulawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609da39c979e9---26285222383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yourhealthyourchoice.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0599603cdb---zunakoxesizopaguzejebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/37527352607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairvoyantinfotech.com/demo/images/putozosixurupesapatolam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7de0a928fee1ff2c2f5f10b1417e1d6e/40470560096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7a1a04de1---2177072746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prosquash.by/data/53068957720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cor.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7lmg5a7c6s76o3ls7q9b8kbhhm/3645887575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e01cb92235---96758074242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077acc81780c---pidawotaperifokej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/743754c801ab25f7535fdc05005fecf3/pajipijemimexipamekovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ov392gv9lbskq2qm15o0a4vdv4/15190467935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/muluwuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tonygssoulfood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/264184a2b6bc6b5bc66aa245b11443df/62278295654.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_off0000d969.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD969 16236 bytes
SHA-256: 5c4da0ec0df2d5e14b36d4ea93bc5647c8c4f0cd33f8ab4d1c647e94a8e1f36c
font_01_sfnt_off00010368.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10368 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B7F 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 29cd67a48dada9502a36031f5548c02685a9f4d0b11a3beb8d741dd4e9116c5d