Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74bf919066ebcaaf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.3 KB Created: 2021-07-31 02:49:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 48cfc67d32afa62c4d0da1902b451644 SHA-1: 28b8209628ceced4733cbaebf56f6f04f1ff6a2b SHA-256: 74bf919066ebcaaf3d805ab9df70b311f2cfddb6aa725e12a9a41bf3ad1d50d4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' indicates the document's content is designed to deceive users into clicking these links, likely to download a second-stage payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+do+a+personal+cash+flow+analysis PDF link annotation
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160944a50d8648---bexelaganirerowozugobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2218c5054a---wefupuguvoxarimoledo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theonejsc.com/userfiles/file/73815123789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df39b80d795---15868736789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adasms.fr/userfiles/file/zobotuxopefunafukesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bfef84963196c6aa536722cf05d721b/badutonotozozaxedobajiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3a92e8bf47---12676562153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyetracking.pl/userfiles/file/64975639317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songod.vn/uploads/image/files/52286474258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ea5280fb922f41d71d29cef90efabce8/viwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salkim.com/userfiles/file/97806661032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7aa91b8f91---15413078783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8396015c7---ganovamekerazamovixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haumeaonline.com/userfiles/file/60688373844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novaserv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161048261873f0---lexivomuxusagugeketasilid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s-moonlight.com/CKEdit/upload/files/1505551378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://covinahigh1980.com/clients/1/14/147ee80f0cf2e08ca1b5067d21485a43/File/20195574549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-cjeanpaul.lu/userfiles/files/jewodagofokezemefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84a4cba676cee35b47299a212ada3c0f/44400574116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4001b0b8ba11da47dc81d09d52404cb4/babibufebadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.luminicaambiental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a61bcb4f42---14858131598.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_off0000f1c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C7 17104 bytes
SHA-256: 02d975cd9f9cc40a7ef34e9ca1937efa1ea6537957fc9b4e4e0202ebf9b3468b
font_01_sfnt_off00011e09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013620.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13620 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 7b349dd792aa1cd692170be7657671727afa24d6a63baeb53bf641305f19ef2e