Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 415aab2782d54002…

MALICIOUS

PDF

114.6 KB Created: 2021-07-03 06:09:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 0209edae625eab262435ebdb6114c6b2 SHA-1: 7d36a878f7f078c8df56ed3886312a035945baa1 SHA-256: 415aab2782d5400285533904079785153282ce153879a26a0d4bbd4b838faf37
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised WordPress sites and the 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicate an attempt to trick users into downloading an archive, likely containing a secondary payload. No scripts were extracted, but the document's structure and embedded URLs suggest a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9773

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://www.webplease.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l8qrdbjheab7ml1kgd6dtradf0/toroz.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09bd5510a2f15a4ecff3c4abe614eae3/50660563988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morgancountyoh.com/userimages/dezumosibikerabivofalovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eac5a530099717cb68bf889758ef4fc/kupinevibadebosajupuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intrigantka.ru/images/userfiles/file/53779724753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davcpundri.com/css/file/nasujugorofakor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventilatoryzlin.cz/images/file/xibasibolunatizamavonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cd4b5194b19578eaf23b03b6b6aa0802/zurozapokowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160779bc89f69b---sijexigofosivezenisipib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhodnoceni-penez.cz/is/images/FCKeditor/File/90406950587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edu-family72.ru/content/images/uploads/file/41783200365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pvp2c65hd1uohkndcaap5jato/79717260025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iziusb.com/userfiles//file/58537197334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinkrali.com/calisma2/files/uploads/65519631555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4dfd162c25---tuvod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/8726868573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/191651c727c7471b3aa8f67e5b33f048/18119653603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a39d2c40cf6---21076195401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukdirectremovals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce5dedeafb94ee6459ad753fa3b4a760/69706342465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t57116es7pecg8kce2d4m3i431/bofufopelewerogipetame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petersonspann.com/clients/3/32/32c4b2f41fa698b5b938e848169c8dcb/File/dujif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609402e51868e---38180845946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=sim+not+supported+unlocked+iphonePDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE21 33088 bytes
SHA-256: 2f03f194091759a503cbc9a57c83bd38ac4089cd7244197cf3086e8aef73567f
font_01_sfnt_off00014956.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14956 16144 bytes
SHA-256: fcca37035df06e555c2991ff65faa0e8497ca6423bee408ebc46b3aef925b516
font_02_sfnt_off00015ed6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15ED6 10884 bytes
SHA-256: 7b6869fa5a02ff47cf94e1b5ef168c416eadafee91a945b9d654109f3dd092a1
font_03_sfnt_off000177b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x177B9 17160 bytes
SHA-256: f01feb9ce1418032203c02ba9261212c6f5ba4a8bfe889922504800d6473eb61
font_04_sfnt_off0001a454.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A454 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1