Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4ca11b90edc72566…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.2 KB Created: 2021-07-29 21:29:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 55e22939b4816ae2313e9a8569f3c390 SHA-1: 3abe03c40d95e79f447d745584805a3a80c3dd19 SHA-256: 4ca11b90edc72566d5911e91bde9b7451ccad6862e2cc5e044134e6a65e1f3cb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a deceptive intent, likely to trick users into clicking these links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious content, consistent with a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://koryosushi.com/uploads/files/77900967979.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/wufevefapivuxalugakikin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c63f8e37d0---12642629515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rufullthrottle.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b77352cc5---16007744892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pianoszimmermann.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0de72b189---578631572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d549f2191e---48085370439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090760a9edc8---vadimowuruz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nrlandscapes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9789b53313311b40201318b2dd1586c/sinamimaxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/nupaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609407cca5665---komobodizefujiguposa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sungwoneng.com/upfile_editor/2021/files/dugedosaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc92d3cf3d---kilis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/numowabapalatajex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballstonfamilymedicine.com/clients/861402/File/77108315561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/bazoxurudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d509fe3caa3efe177ff8e907fabc89b/dixalotopobemadalizutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774047d3506---xepuwedazaruniravutuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjmjwarrickhudsonfamilyreunion.com/clients/9/9b/9be434dcd9982d5451de1b36a82eb828/File/1589131133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ad774fc36725a89ca4402b82d949748/34724641474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doublehaircenter.com/upload/ckfinder/files/xukob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/ditetuxipokoraxid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rachelrom.com/rescontent/file/17360283965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=lvds+lcd+tester+t-60s+manualPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e715.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE715 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF2C 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 89d843decfdbd7b5cf459dfe3de6d90c9244d9f3f23e1b2498970e7a0fde3621
font_02_sfnt_off00011809.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11809 16312 bytes
SHA-256: 7d15b2d6d265aaca51dda18faee70a1b8fa9d95ed54cb111fb0895789092f9ae
font_03_sfnt_off00012e10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E10 25568 bytes
SHA-256: 89649180d4d53602506c653ef1a014bb72a80e6aa85b41c2a58bfc1763c5318a