Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 496a569d75e856a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.8 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:52:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 972a663364a872f9b5ca1296b66d047d SHA-1: 734d123e6e6ee0f68dfc902fc98de98ea13203e4 SHA-256: 496a569d75e856a7655eeca94ec020ca1334979b40f37c671d53377f7ffc0f0f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file was detected as a malicious PDF by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating it is likely a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The heuristic firings suggest it acts as a link farm, pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malicious content. The presence of invoice-related language further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://hongdacable.com/d/files/puwivefivirok.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5f6c647f30---vokuzenutotalufijiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/kibujegofubakukarenitub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artattack-concerts.de/files/file/lizow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dymenahealthcare.com//upload/fckeditor/file/59372088550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcelonahotel.vn/UpLoadFile/file/kotusofiriguwatuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39713fbad730f08d928fb340a3ea89df/96805232350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///34555012462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/10944892701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msdoubrava.cz/foto/images/file/34792799125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aotwresort.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bugofevufibebunasexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f4ac1b991f---95738803750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qj6f60rlrn3ts6ib1ltbjes5c5/mofalerofepiwanif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c753ca08450---fejujix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/668f41f9f91ef4281f88ded0c9ccc605/bebadutadozaposifajej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/mafabenafodijevokevitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevelec.com/bevelec/dossierMois/file/50280231121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd6ade9634---42321994971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7b6bc8b1d8---62430875462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/nikaxuvaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8aeb41142f83f363dbb757117d69cc2/73672341482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/zalanejijubafumajaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ddservice-bmw.pl/userfiles/file/20356271457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alphabodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/76871430900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patc.fr/imagesfile/31839823055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/zubosafagufana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=glass+fibre+reinforced+gypsum+pdfPDF 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_off0000bfd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFD3 11260 bytes
SHA-256: e43a04e7242b3143e36d1311de56b57f0823a89f012b90a87d833a75c72d5033
font_01_sfnt_off0000d9c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9C7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f1d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1D9 16724 bytes
SHA-256: 063bba414ccb6ac0974c18f533d503ed80090541d9db0f8056f71c5b3caf22b0