Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a9d2855951be62b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 06:57:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 818587e674d3dabde2cc11d98c12e29c SHA-1: 8f498c8477bdab163f765868c6ee2ff3c5ee70fb SHA-256: 4a9d2855951be62be81871871320657200d77ee53095db245f0cbc1588b7e1a1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an invoice-themed lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://nichecnk.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/folekamifipa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b080c39d894---kanubularesona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wernersuarez.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/kobiranoxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/15090895445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1aa12238425a655a82504fa7eaa1bed5/kijitonalala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607635a961b95---deresijepirokojokarurekaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03add0898ca786ee49e18bc9efe706a3/vegewomaketuvuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.associatedomains.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ac2c040ae---4624891493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitnessklub-impuls.pl/uploads/assets/file/42398214925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeguvietnam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/12860622586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lustigersteirer.at/userfiles/file/98751842514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sivam.pl/files/file/goxebitomarepeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609602f05a498---10079466071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibaco.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luwozobepesegiwifetigadom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098f1165906d---38860493699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.higher-energy-trampolineclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd25fa177ec---80802116834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5m3ni93g1u7k7e1gks3gaepa3/fexutetagalara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a3d13a283---duwixiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b710ddaa6---99877883613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff3229a044---30306051148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe6a4f705ba---lubenuzatuvesonajaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607acd6553d19---pituki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilltopperalumni.com/clients/9/93/936f23dc4abb03f6d4a1aae2c8a32781/File/bitudanupit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rent2day.ca/ci2/userfiles/files/tugoteloxufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=properties+of+liquid+helium+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_off0000ca56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA56 16916 bytes
SHA-256: 6f8092f2130aa199fa929f7106fb95b6d88c6331d59420dbb543692d95262328
font_01_sfnt_off0000f617.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF617 10744 bytes
SHA-256: 83c89c43f9d95d6bcf4823381440600fe8974db76ddc80af47d26661a18035eb
font_02_sfnt_off00010e88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E88 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1