Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f55b257d193820d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.5 KB Created: 2021-06-13 04:00:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 280ff7c295f343b1de2641979722c541 SHA-1: 792a19e964dee74e2d21a248d5cfa44d76147bd9 SHA-256: 4f55b257d193820dcdf25c196dc8d76a5365c5bb1dae08cbb4187a9fcc6ec548
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing attack, specifically impersonating LinkedIn to present a "duplicate bill" lure. The embedded URLs, such as https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brpl+duplicate+bill, are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a likely attempt to redirect users to malicious sites for credential harvesting or further payload delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brpl+duplicate+bill.
  • 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
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=brpl+duplicate+bill PDF link annotation
    • http://sushikyototogo.com/uploads/files/99240629815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onlinemidias.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26614759667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krimgranit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2840646f7f159d125d19c78a66a95d2/vunuso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8364a84e70---bulafojavumanaxino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086bba9d9c63---tediburupomotefifidigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085822fc73be---velewepadixesop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3f4c42fa62---sunaruregikevotabatade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://middlegeorgiacoinclub.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784bc54d51c---32695665069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aef7df03b2315037dc8e648354451bb7/54305892572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb659312062329876c2a1a69e7fd6ddf/bitelowuguxojori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bd1daed03---64774724080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://people11people.gr/uploads/File/zafobewewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/23122208014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160743b6794ded---69912149634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hevolta.com/upload/file/kefovazexojeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.daltonmaag.com/In PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off000128d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128D0 4744 bytes
SHA-256: 7fb575f760f83d9cd2b949f551af216179ca6d894e6cb1233951fd10b5faafa3
font_01_sfnt_off000138f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138F6 11740 bytes
SHA-256: b496699a833934ffeb5211a00eace2364b908a63d3e5657511f651eebaab612d
font_02_sfnt_off00016009.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16009 16204 bytes
SHA-256: 541fa2b6826b0add99b7d5a173ef1e6a5567607b5192f75b810eb17d6a563501
font_03_sfnt_off00017537.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17537 4324 bytes
SHA-256: 1062cd8ddf90f4344fa193b395386d5669df1a952e5759311ca261a71931f361
font_04_sfnt_off00018337.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18337 2808 bytes
SHA-256: 7434ba1d3f1034e918f4c1e999d8d71758f27ab51a0d1f41adae73812335e079