Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 705d1fe0bc64cf46…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-07-28 03:16:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 6b4280aa5a2c8184cbf2cd6690982709 SHA-1: a515eea2d9373b809839787e5ebc1c71f6481074 SHA-256: 705d1fe0bc64cf4677130bd35662efb10615b1ad17405bab3b5db44d6bd0e181
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, pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload locations, likely to host further malicious content. The presence of 'invoice or payment language' combined with these links strongly suggests a phishing or scam lure, aiming to trick users into downloading malicious files disguised as legitimate documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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 https://earthchartercities.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfc2f21968a---dirixibunapatadobijivowor.pdf
    • https://levin-dent.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1bcf262520471baa2e215abea4db0ca/31967462841.pdf
    • https://synersys.fr/contenu/file/kesafanewu.pdf
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctb5g6up251r5not3s677au1m6/mekiramugewoxusovonij.pdf
    • https://tirthmobile.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qirkr8t3o3s37uq49664qb7g00/89120343173.pdf
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2cfd55b434---zixusubo.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/198sc4c18aek12ru76fel08ov5/kujorelenolabeloborula.pdf
    • http://arcadia6465.com/clients/f/fc/fcac8d81e62e7f23ed02b02243def538/File/42020390630.pdf
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h27t3i7rh9cjk1vjepgs23vsjr/5791929442.pdf
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/32454683131.pdf
    • http://schokozentrale.de/idata/tuweroxufo.pdf
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f3a7967e64defe4fe36ba6a82900637/bufowexulese.pdf
    • http://www.jamesbgriffinlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a975782cb91---86783141324.pdf
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47f43cbab98b374fc1061bac9585b568/80239265473.pdf
    • http://engineersclasses4competition.com/files/others/98156258187.pdf
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/zumerut.pdf
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c041219c0f5---divujewigigavogejipu.pdf
    • http://winteringlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/dedoxapus.pdf
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/todelalikezazoxupese.pdf
    • https://lepjunk12.hu/uploads/files/70655817600.pdf
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/wabuzemakojipoxonow.pdf
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082bb12e21c6---petenikininate.pdf
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aua1e475pm2j3stohbgmbob0sf/sapavamowarosax.pdf
    • http://perchegouet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bevoj.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=cuanto+se+paga+de+tenencia+en+el+estado+de+mexico+2021
    • 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_off0000eba8.bin
55453193bb1794a988e25f522c769161a478ff1657f36e0733da9193f5139dcc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBA8 11284 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010613.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10613 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e25.bin
80d6ea4efa50fc1f24fe6a4d7a7393a9e525c0621509d45877420521b591f5d3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E25 18556 bytes