Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 604cf52f8e4f43e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.0 KB Created: 2021-07-06 11:55:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 0d0a7205db03f4bd63075ac550a5b1ce SHA-1: 7d4030f6e93dc7dc9ad176561bd6c01490c6e533 SHA-256: 604cf52f8e4f43e94b24f6908a9586f9a9343f964f519430c8dfcd9674fa216a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an invoice-themed lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ponu2tnrqj4s5l0s162ngt6vst/7048798695.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8f08b7bd0dbda7dfd423da4f3262c4c/22497335835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/binaxuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airshow-bg.com/file/luxug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wagaskar.com/media/majikovinumotavosozaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9995o8gtfb5g282csmmj2v5onh/zixalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609abce33eba3---badelapenivoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animationcoach.com/userfiles/file/4089564077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5571b1d9b3b566ca7a5f2ee8ab26d1a/sodatududisikojupajipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b85410fd1---lemexujurodazekukewif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7i43leuj5kq6eeu060n3lnd7sc/39347794422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aabc42db746---66021318471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a05acb061d---34707957379.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/peguko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8ue2vjcaseejpktnlifufarir/wolezipigaruse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/varadoluxadaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bslubd30lm2lbjmv97jm894ohc/zedabizade.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813de4f146a---65693543805.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopignotti.it/userfiles/files/pafuzoninomogififu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae781d694e6---90854978294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af8c4399f98---lujidilovikepoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b314d8d10---xarijurug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/849f8213eb8842d278638af676cdd156/82914422384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe7483799d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=i+hereby+acknowledge+receipt+of+paymentPDF 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_off00010bce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BCE 11284 bytes
SHA-256: 6aa8ff4d9eab7015740e1949aa848ee3c72383a5961160dcd8812575717069ae
font_01_sfnt_off000125be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125BE 17884 bytes
SHA-256: 4b27a6f18c4c4c495580297b2be9739722d456a9c2c8aae10d63279e7a8a484c
font_02_sfnt_off000154b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154B8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1