Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7fbace6f15f5f39f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 02:54:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: a1190efe50fe8c671811476c1cf07d4b SHA-1: cf549045268b95fc9b4b83b4075cd624b0122243 SHA-256: 7fbace6f15f5f39fcc6296e747aaeeafe7ebbc289189d6954907cd95208a3ca1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, as indicated by the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic and the presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to deliver a secondary payload via the embedded links. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the structure and heuristics point towards a phishing campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607951b749521---40726374981.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f72e272526---lesezokowujisadaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ronaldtan.nl/images/photo/79189752417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b2253b5812f15a5264b97d49fd53bf5/90282212038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa03c52f64b---63791202664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82c38dafa4268a8bb64acfcfe2abed57/26318779689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatudongnhatrang.com/uploads/files/mifubitibisowemapozopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbs-group.co/userfiles/files/22486770121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leaguengn.com/userfiles/file///27420962734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/nesezedinanivovoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elitagida.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lfqsllhu5rvp67988ejsuarji5/wobuzubukituzinus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://too.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e13450915dae3a3f1138efda0f7545a/tuwopum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160845a36a2272---58619691954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/wibizezapep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a6750b5b8---papaxatevisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba1f155259---96411003922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096f6c65cf74---nazatanezibubejor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/jusimalireviton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a25b3ab7d4---82735601815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5c9nd4253gaaatr99dtnoqjrd/1395071095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allasclub.com/campannas/file/93514179496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/98437079578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9k9ri6fp4ks1lm3e74psfrub2/pijom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/bowizezudekavagofuzidiwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05b93fc5e4207eb84e8b6fb0a38b845f/71517294017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=free+bootstrap+4+admin+templatesPDF 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_off00010048.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10048 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 7c9846e605164743ed4efbe71f515d0d3afe4f85b3d5d3d89ad66e71f6e7577f
font_01_sfnt_off00012cf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CF1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014508.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14508 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 0245389343b236bef54a3930ea31483a1f691ad16efb0a13161373135f54751a