Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a904d62162632fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.8 KB Created: 2021-09-03 07:49:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 4c0ebedf6e413342e4620a22cdae126b SHA-1: a5e10325de12d4bc49c30371b98435c06be3263d SHA-256: 7a904d62162632fc7d1af8e7c3a7df42ea8a3b9ca598313ac8a4506e6892dbac
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate the document functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files. The presence of 'invoice or payment language' suggests a phishing or scam lure, likely intended to trick users into downloading and opening further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cda8bd5d87e---99656968745.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sensor4you.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/upload/202108/file/pupuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://network-italia.com/file/kasoligugitojisexuwuteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roland-toys.eu/userfiles/file/jiwebivavebadupagimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przedszkolenisko.pl/userfiles/file/guxokezifam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penzionnakrizankach.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tewilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kuechentreff-schmid.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qvkh4t6qm61i8i9gelrdhouuos/51026235536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160878b71d0f22---4969357690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://officeharbor.com/pdtInfo/13219382814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec83mtgalcod0ldj2nlpo34kmv/nupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brukbet.com/user_images/file/vavifosiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c16124d4987---nudosuraxunad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/34074358409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c8c1830512f8892ebec15d4ce1e70d1/korajagafasonur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f1890ba182---mirutexeladurafepun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trendybiz.in/usersfiles/file/wolavekem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f4cae1402737e197dac337e0ce686a6/vefivamujibotunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budka39.ru/files/gelirisawoluka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.financedeclined.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7a8b3af4c9---33739040270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laduses.nl/image/file/47973592592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2r-auto.com/uploadfiles/file/2021071304532373499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://investin-khj.ir/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21164223182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609122b9d2270---51319227800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/23003200507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=maintainer+3216+crane+manualPDF 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_off0000cf2d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF2D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE744 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 10e164f1680c87d47e20f3f6f3c98511c9737b8c7732b368b5690f39aee61164
font_02_sfnt_off0000ffed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFED 18216 bytes
SHA-256: a2a57f50025127955971290769f64265d2f62afd85171a8d7cfa48d01b1a78e1