Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6fcb2d381dbe6eab…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-06-26 18:28:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 55005f14dd027cdf7e687649db9d0d8e SHA-1: cfb0bbceb2b1caef04f8eebfa374186e06ca0942 SHA-256: 6fcb2d381dbe6eabfb602897b922125d373ec1f020a7bc3f4586a24046b32ca1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document's content is designed to trick the user into interacting with these links, likely to download a secondary payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e18b1ca3ba1dff174eb2218bd37d2099/20839242990.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609de1f04ca91---bigomosutod.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607775668900c---pegawalomudaru.pdf
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afa6922adc0---misuwikopafixexiki.pdf
    • http://dagmare.de/userfiles/file/71002843197.pdf
    • http://advicetao.eu/pictures/file/8696199514.pdf
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/44092626028.pdf
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qplsmfveb74kbhlfi3q4555rf7/83019833496.pdf
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d98594667b---10339097537.pdf
    • http://circolonauticofavignana.it/userfiles/files/69221059479.pdf
    • http://munsusa.org/userfiles/file/20210519154835.pdf
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/83693439004.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc110e4d52---wunetusepaxiwexadar.pdf
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a233207197f---75717723126.pdf
    • http://kaizousha.com/js/upload/files/dewelegotevo.pdf
    • https://proxus.nl/file/bamiwoxunuwifaxekejaluram.pdf
    • https://paperland.bg/uploads/file/bokinukonusewajonuzus.pdf
    • https://www.euroservicemilano.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607987f9276ab---nanirumigezokibusivik.pdf
    • https://www.taxikladis.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0ab9729160---jumijokebedivuzo.pdf
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082443918162---gabumegogisozusad.pdf
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a4t79rkl6e0pmms78hius33bd/41718767828.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=partial+differential+equations+in+economics+and+finance+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f51f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF51F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010d31.bin
8bf2b7469d6377ec0dfc0c2d1dffd96887ed5b53749c86d74e4d36b76b71c21d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D31 16936 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001391c.bin
ee25374afcf1944702af706644dc070f4e4e841fe2b9b8ef8aa7b2707fb04a0e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1391C 11028 bytes