Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7912b839a321fe14…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-16 08:17:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 9b3cf3ce0a656359bb1ceedae02545e0 SHA-1: f570e0bfbb70f969f31c62dba2655812e32756bf SHA-256: 7912b839a321fe144b43786fd499616dd2fd1029d0f2199e6683537855a0b686
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, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites, likely to host further malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'Fake invoice / payment lure' heuristic indicate a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e0ded61961df87f1cebc3c9193916f8/83870217401.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://drbumbnursinghome.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40672386154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5540154fa---sajexajutezizaletolap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f216a0468c31afb149dad4655f73209e/tutirokejup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tareeapartment.com/user_img/files/lisojaxotidapojasagebowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rclurie.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80db13ce6a44ca32096a08d08d435fba/mowojezis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/gimajiletijavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b89f067de50e6b925f35ac9d3e3579a/bosonugavonatamejip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/79478362541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iufe02rtba46l3ptg3svm400oe/55894513276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pennlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2038e51cfc0873eabf6d6aecb6d80a22/10757778365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceb51b8bb983214e710760177c1c9a99/durulupavodiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentish.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/garatofabebeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiaciran.org/cache/fck_files/file/91071725779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardatrans.com/content/Files/gijazoronasaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savannahcentury.info/clients/4/44/449a5b3489ef279447e90cf6cdd72f1c/File/pukuxewigizovobowix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motoralbini.it/files/file/87988408065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apskarota.org/userfiles/file/gipategijuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f6ab13c94---nexevuwimum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vialivonica.eu/userfiles/files/14218311350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb20ba31b74ba25e7d2f79445416fcc7/rebekozodexaboziwudawusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad589e375c53f7d98f7598b281e9c66b/bigafodud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cjatkinson.com/userimages/36640763373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shriadinathbank.com/uploads/43305729795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+pass+the+hesi+a2+examPDF 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_off0000e79f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE79F 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 5c6dd1e54d38897d728827e2f949f60ea872ab3928bd671c7a52fcd44a26b2c2
font_01_sfnt_off00011613.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11613 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 7956c52f7aa16c301abf71d51c267ad66a9a497aaff8acdb8e248033c228369c
font_02_sfnt_off00012e5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E5D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1