Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 529f814e07a8a40e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-09-06 08:13:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 75f7c0145fb4906ff6532df49e4f4645 SHA-1: fa6e930451d6c4477da2b4d35d8266aec3d54f4b SHA-256: 529f814e07a8a40e945c93c8452aeeba242bac5009dd4e31edeaeb9511044755
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, likely as part of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'Fake invoice / payment lure' heuristic further support the conclusion that this document is designed to deceive users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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://market-oborudovanie.ru/upload/file/nenotuvus.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f1ab3f6ec---68889064018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sierrahighalumni.com/clients/878712/File/nafabemubal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aep-tc.com/cache/fck_files/file/15743103075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f642c28f0---bosopubolatufekuzupezoguv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bea5d594ca7---72313894972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071dba43fe02---23742464795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://devison-matras.com/upload/file/66228209804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d6dd31cd1---wegixuneboxolulemipopaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9acae6f532---34148592717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d260c48d5f---fijadibadikibereneterim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://erinmillssmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v2c42krq2bpd97omrp0v9c1ee5/87505550667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4seasonstours.in/userfiles/file/zodutula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.toptalentusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb4153a6a3---64943127197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d07690f500---bisejiwor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forglass.sk/userfiles/file/93255732991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sashtraayurveda.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92218235388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/310e95b645012c21c25adfc90a3a13c5/3773194837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612a1aacdabba---pegumuzapovuwixodagipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0898.com/userfiles/file/20210614180118_ngv7vf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetsaban3watnuea.com/UserFiles/file/25215735040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunargrup.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6960tfsuklrg5dvl59o03v18k0/39963434871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/xitagusopodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digifast.cz/userfiles/livugal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/640934bbe22b56cc33439c0cfaff2b0c/90604474703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611feee2838f9---745632811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=anlage+kind+2018+pdf+formularPDF 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_off0000e52d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE52D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD3F 18788 bytes
SHA-256: ad6d39c0bd612a419c7f67eab5dc353640643d994f23bef6dd8badf8c3a037b5
font_02_sfnt_off00012cf9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF9 11248 bytes
SHA-256: 200dff71acabe9c6e5376cefb9a41a9fff8857528ac93bb112ca83af933dae59