Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 535a0606434f5c43…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-08-15 03:43:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 75d357638ca8fe06a987cbe27ad8b8cd SHA-1: 42c412a6e87cea77e22bdc9a727149970a74c841 SHA-256: 535a0606434f5c43c375a5e6617848251f1098704d765481a292578fd6b999ea
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, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, likely serving as a lure for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of invoice-related language further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://sonarmusic.hu/up_image/file/49514526063.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.scmphotography.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607474b9d1e66---didubutabubitesunapobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hchs1972.com/clients/2/2c/2cb73362227bcfbd3ed6ae01b5b3dc46/File/46855325541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/lanimajidafakidevurejem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://12shio4.com/contents//files/56031458217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cd2b526ce0e---38299355900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alptw.com/images/files/wizixuwakopinalas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alzubidi.com/userfiles/files/gazerokusimetofebakoget.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybomnuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/20625293578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primax.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31l2os56j1hblv9cgtkc583ma6/4500088704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3cfa94a717f15705ebf8b421a832c83/zafinupadokepumixef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607caafd48bde---zaparomubaxorogop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77c9e327a47e9362ae39e6a65059b009/lerumaruzawobezatekewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4074ccfa92---lerabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antae.be/app/webroot/uploads/file/gigepuzuvumoburuvoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saigonford3s.com/uploads/2021-08-05/images/files/80636399964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.neosynapses.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66sj73tfg44vic0hfpv1r7jamc/29097850007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/mexuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creptiles.dk/userfiles/file/70813338108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f98b02dc7aa---82287747419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/faf1980ef0cabd1de524dd5f80dd8257/javagem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrosteadycam.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39ee41f6d0437ab3030084b9b987a282/70396606012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berrybucs1973.com/clients/3/3a/3a2d6910be1067feaf6dc79f90d505e0/File/4231119000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proxima-design.cz/files/file/ludukavudugimuzumofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coolinterier.sk/upload/files/21655484648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+a+salary+request+letterPDF 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_off0000e3bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3BF 16172 bytes
SHA-256: f08156056e107b40904f82c12f36a2454e3fe46e448b8700ad8168e50dc1b513
font_01_sfnt_off00010d7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D7D 10432 bytes
SHA-256: 11cfc5fdc725b766404760d63b61b4ca1038052ef78d13e1f4fa0d4ae78bc479
font_02_sfnt_off00012558.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12558 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1