Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c3cf48fd4741630…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.2 KB Created: 2021-07-19 23:34:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: eb545e10404790c040469f0906d0feda SHA-1: 46c4ad1a694a00afe8fb4c1b762a6967a0a39e3c SHA-256: 8c3cf48fd474163097fd07662c9ea64252073afe48fb97ee8dc9af8ac7f1588b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm and a fake invoice lure. The embedded URLs point to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The PDF structure and the presence of multiple external links are consistent with phishing or malware distribution tactics.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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://aannemingsbedrijfbarthulsbosch.nl/userfiles/file/21904576788.pdf
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607217a8076fd---nugelazadiwopalusuxapate.pdf
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/57118622320.pdf
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e5deb30303---vogepulazajewi.pdf
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n4lmhebfq2n1g2j82rstnl2kt4/jaterugigimupokonakivoxe.pdf
    • http://maxtarget.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/malegoxiwiwigadexefuvoji.pdf
    • http://arunimaflavours.com/userfiles/file/45466142091.pdf
    • https://craftsmancuttingdies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt3s49t42o28q72092egldh3c7/43949486781.pdf
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ukgqcgc35sul4jq5dqv11msdja/65605279800.pdf
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ee6f0df86ba6384b7bea58cc5a8a8a3/86249938393.pdf
    • http://jubileejec.com/userfiles/files/jasovupibusozolitab.pdf
    • https://nadamasristorante.it/file/68801314200.pdf
    • http://ideviceplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/38170849888.pdf
    • http://www.sphotobooth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f3a54c161---76696721566.pdf
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/fetuwopobebawi.pdf
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607657b183345---78239419509.pdf
    • http://maihome.hu/admin1/file/gisawalufibinuv.pdf
    • http://www.lugashotel.com/data/editorfile/12099560867.pdf
    • http://volareinmongolfiera.it/userfiles/files/rumenavojubeji.pdf
    • https://vettercycles.ch/userfiles/files/70793083734.pdf
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb5d5e3910---sipoj.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=payment+of+gratuity+rules+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e5eb.bin
699f205e7a555186741f13b50583e0660ec7f07cec7efa66f6209ebf800f65b4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5EB 16868 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001120f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1120F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012a26.bin
2e6f765f5ab9eb4b20e584e49a25e57d00e48417b64b1b414e255e62efe7af54
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A26 11056 bytes