Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e96a948c1a4a6ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

110.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 23:41:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 052c55ce438d421263a27bab9ecc88ea SHA-1: 12ba443d47237576089e49db2849408ac79fd6f0 SHA-256: 3e96a948c1a4a6ac4b39aa3d412b3a259bcd45a956bc44fc56505a40178b3de3
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it is likely a phishing or malware delivery attempt. The document contains a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/18123044683.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1af266bd7010d91c309654f40445ea06/87326340730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphamhelios.vn/luutru/files/50411233029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/clc04bq230k6knprabd6mdngi6/pixur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isleo.com/i_photos/file/solazapulogij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607804c136496---dotitopezidolob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/bevagogimagosimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f21d2cad14---1440559651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagandpack.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d56b0705613974bdb324103c85fe5205/85208085843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab5b4779ea3---mabutelomukidilaleletolor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banquat.com/userfiles/files/zutinibojikidinewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a780cf86451---jilujixukirekenomemejigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://futuresbuilder.net/dayafter/uploadimages/newsimages/file/37890052547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pamat.ro/UserFiles/file/34642798500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0f9ba54d4---bamitomidisiwunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/taxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aj1s2a3gh2a7hhtg8deutgiiu1/43015342666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2f4a3c0653---kumofutopade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridaholidayplanner.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c2606811465370e7391fc510036f280/furedimedosikoner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scavilecis.it/userfiles/file/60158144280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hocaukhudothithanhphogiaoluu.com/asset/site/files/napibutabekivukadajozimug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.christinemartin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f280fb323b---tewavanuroxumuvexavaxesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l0qehggakstq4sauvq7o8vpven/suxarikaguwaboporof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9316a50e329ebdbc08b4592a140768e9/wabuxokatatoritowogef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=do+you+have+to+show+your+receipt+at+walmartPDF 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_off00014bd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14BD5 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 2524c1d9fe76548e8d3fd1dc2f6a0bc4e1d9cfef24bbf747677734c41b0df88a
font_01_sfnt_off00016532.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16532 17836 bytes
SHA-256: 66fc66a2a32521850337a134ce767f31de121da7f5fef53150ed5412120663a5
font_02_sfnt_off00019424.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19424 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1