Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5c4b3932055110f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-04 06:03:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 34fa459d0c733c022afcb5ef3db1f5c5 SHA-1: 3d6aca5c1e3e90797d7d7f591bada5271fc182e3 SHA-256: 5c4b3932055110f42002f6d856a89b473dab474047a3e2ae1d27746fdaa88ac5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm used for redirection. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates a potential phishing or payment scam pretext. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oqpbi8fcnd6orsv4vucod0ln05/51331535352.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kardelendalgicpompa.com/uploadfiles/file/83059333493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joefairless.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e824090a65f864165a85ead57a205747/6379994668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3370fb068a34eac12cd294b1b1ccf37/vuzogewoxupomatoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a415f9b0b4d---48183434549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aq10he9jcs56rthihi2g16i550/tewomajipukofajawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee7e133d71896f8a0b5947a8b9ff59c2/93269498842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mnlex.it/file/58634631806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e469e9f76---vigojagimamuzuwixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe89384a2ce752e10b499616d26193f0/56948425034.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kalmi.ru/upfiles/files/70112836948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teenvolunteerdallas.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dfe7f04a36149e5d6b6f6c27a5a3cac8/80213588399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/69630090832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6a9a4586d5---xemedurigakakexikufosote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/54372030952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc86bb5d3c---nubigavapuguvis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aucordechasse.fr/vosImages/vejagibibekapejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auroraenergyproject.it/userfiles/files/tapizazikamugew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59b92df481f74b8c98d6f6d53ad7122c/favesuwobefuluwiwan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1da6b2cc674fd9a5f8f946909db96912/womig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c47f34933de83a788dde6b37073b3b47/94416278769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/au0o3d6nhkhk5abpsrvuqk74c0/xuwidifofatup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c66467db15a---3885274813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvtamminhphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/febif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=the+estrous+cyclePDF 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_off0000ea80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA80 10144 bytes
SHA-256: aa9f9f7016fb4c5f27db1e680a4bef73f300d361fb5ff59b2b1db39ea3be1e4c
font_01_sfnt_off00010170.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10170 16272 bytes
SHA-256: e769039e740d8083e44e5fb8bb752c1bbc4d514d41745401c85d215b5cccc4bd
font_02_sfnt_off00012b83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1