Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7de61d6ef016d1c0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.3 KB Created: 2021-07-06 21:02:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: da96a233000bdc890009ec744620749d SHA-1: c2659d2ce59226637cddfb620a68fdb5e49af978 SHA-256: 7de61d6ef016d1c09d73a617a84db252a64536d151e4c0a7670558e5d6440f51
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is likely a fake invoice or payment request to entice users to click these links. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the PDF, likely serving as a phishing or malware distribution vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9895

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://meta-min.com/files/68174453406.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1faad425edba978067c5854eefe73dab/89955815527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a6edfa3aed---dewunoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e9d483034f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160780c4566fc5---41302639281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dce0a80f31---14330299518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fellowpeo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/252fb2efaf57a1e0292ebaf617a2b9ef/fefezokaperugezopetolitaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1efe36b18---6853602385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45d129b403dc7f1a61864c8e7dc57004/87214481419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d49758c943f---30730705530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838d434eff1---rizun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60dd6db3d417f701b841c7274720d53b/26480270354.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5dfc96bc250c4dd2e258f92bf0a747d4/fupizobudurexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tocgia247.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb95bsk5kk2hoi5ljuf75en7i1/fasuxupixedotim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radmangroup-ye.com/rgfiles/file/punavowotejaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sepremprod.fr/www/images/mediamanager/2756645113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ca3787cdb---87838574640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607776930c2a1---67096301315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2009696beba532bf63b8bf3f5c7938f9/sewuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/96738957176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masini-de-ambalat.ro/images/userfiles/mizejiviramiroze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soft-pro.hr/upload/datoteke/wofuviniwijokaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securityguardsupply.com/php/uploads/file/jitanomuradifojufetaresa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amexeuro.com/an3_Uploads/file/jerojutejisadimozizaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/81733986961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=mt+si+elevationPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001103b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1103B 10060 bytes
SHA-256: 70fee0f36df96ae798b6d9c036f27a9db27c9e8c581c6035362e558af3b7a91a
font_01_sfnt_off000126c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013eda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EDA 17632 bytes
SHA-256: 6f4be746937165ec9e19bb53f3df35ff080a53b300cfa50d36e62c68cd344e6f
font_03_sfnt_off00016d1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16D1D 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd