Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a51091a959c0c33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-06-26 23:33:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: fc627fb365bd8003ec768ea85ce69c16 SHA-1: 60c99dd7ddbae36e91e5274bb344c66f756864e4 SHA-256: 7a51091a959c0c33f172ba135c89a040e541ff78908be5b456aa52a9a3a162fe
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier, with ClamAV detecting it as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates a potential pretext for the malicious links, aiming to trick users into clicking through.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fig+jam+and+goat+cheese+flatbread PDF link annotation
    • http://commune-bourre.com/userfiles/file/doposenuguveragasifowiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mbpisbgrurr5bb4o9riv06pf2g/divovawuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brod-plovdiv.com/images/68492257854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/rakipum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b972114300---josezugexej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boathousebrokerage.com/userfiles/file/pomufadifosepusuvek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wills.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1186232a9dd47e0bc8ebcdc76f3a7eae/modizonuwosoferomiwasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085b96976e93---95790331126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crmrealty360degree.in/userfiles/file/56369119649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dm97okf26r2vijls1ouad7h97/22211484830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fa082994f8---kererobokilemepobebegiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://golf-tout-terrain.com/publish/page/file/wusokunizebavetuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/17334204307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/gepomelapapovifimetonogip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sk17b169c9792nvjv2uslq4er4/31239152403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p836n974h3k2i6kmrnt252j0q7/nofoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b5761b51a---lesazujugemavefemujamijep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38s1n0tkerk59mbg8jhp8gf23i/11624672692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://az4group.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f13585ae0a---93381143698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alliusie.com/userfiles/file/69625357927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecandrychow.pl/Image/files/19706059372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allmedicus.com/userfiles/file/lazumokafoleki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protectname.xyz/whoisprivacy/userfiles/files/17097452180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/938d54fdab2cba310b7656d2fd32fe10/ragaramisezopakajanexiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-eko.eu/files/file/1853038522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/96944654292.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_off0000f2ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2AB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010ac2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC2 11172 bytes
SHA-256: 5f02414c1121d2a3066ef71f344440c2db3e0715d87fa0bf51076474f2ace65c
font_02_sfnt_off00012461.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12461 17852 bytes
SHA-256: 3c6172acbc546c65a80445d160494fa269e2e899292d597af827ef6ab18ef63c