Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7140d27256b46742…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-06-26 21:49:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: bc11e5c98170894b4d1f0f9cbdc0296b SHA-1: 72a6de3ceafc57c67eb3498cf5140c49e1178085 SHA-256: 7140d27256b46742411a4336131cd7b64fa7e68e951e0397674236cff3996e20
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, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains multiple links, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload directory, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, likely serves as a pretext to encourage link interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=account+payable+clerk+interview+questions+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a97acc7dbca---12019680507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cb2d91b072---loruriniserobare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajarnveerapong.com/UserFiles/file/24206849784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/36286031380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/visiruroxeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngpsusa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n7v2i1ltppvefcalkrcva7m3rl/wonubete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834930ec1f6---duworu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1d25ec0a77---litigafixita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airbays.com/userfiles/file/gadejalukikazesaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087235c95ec1---puvusefedubarewosuvamilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tillmanfamilyreunion.com/clients/b/b7/b7385abc5988d1ee605fea7695e3d00e/File/27545578836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedule-plachty.cz/files/file/14049720368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://forumcutuca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28616546637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160968440b29e3---bepupejetofiretazeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c8f21bf520---95938802820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c4b86cf1ff---busadazejenuzonupuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b8b0dc7ede---jadalojirirapig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simplythebestevents.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4df3f0db2d---8465854239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0627c91ae---xonawuwujememaku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a169527760b525d07997864dc0cd387d/xevewapiledupatoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.combangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/jurodosijogupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biomisszio.hu/tmp/89715942683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719773da5c3---96966912968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/bewera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f3fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3FE 16708 bytes
SHA-256: c7ae334821283b1692b90cce86fd10a89f243ebca2b9bee544cfe1a121e7b17e
font_01_sfnt_off00011f71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F71 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013788.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13788 11092 bytes
SHA-256: 3a78e08f8088639950ac2ebc6fdcd5af342f5aea164e488ea84a2078197d863e