Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c4f20c37ca33347…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.3 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:37:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 38e4688cf38847d8f0c5137824f702ad SHA-1: b66dd20a0d96fa6a2e7424d1a7291d1c07b7a61b SHA-256: 8c4f20c37ca33347fc35722266bd63263c02ff400bf04a07f5c848de5df718f5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, as indicated by the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded links are indicative of a phishing campaign aiming to trick users into downloading further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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 http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095dd0bdbd7e---13469801097.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9ef570fb4622e6b4d0f65d8120dfab9/goburow.pdf
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5c62c8c20---27060746972.pdf
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ajta62fmir70635r1srcrbgp2/titatomutasalaji.pdf
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8336c6ce1ff9f69f265d40c068d4685/koxewisiresikitaruren.pdf
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58c08fee79737082dc584309133fe6a7/27630679523.pdf
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e192ab56a---zeteruposolewud.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98a848ed9d---39612333491.pdf
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d47e915d92---marona.pdf
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d181bc4efb---1124216412.pdf
    • http://stylist.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bd4736fd26---mesiru.pdf
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/togulujavutiramimesuse.pdf
    • http://staceyasp.com/UserFiles/file/19452469613.pdf
    • https://area5srl.it/file/6018234076.pdf
    • https://glosunspa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088d724a2aa1---80340454327.pdf
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/90127193640.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a7e85c9b20caae5b0483b737bed12d7/pidesofesimunekupujufena.pdf
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/39631881029.pdf
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/xalovavowaxederukozetopeb.pdf
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2025157bb2fe324c3aa37d56076ebeb0/vovevatarusuxosekoxaba.pdf
    • https://amblamy.ee/upload/file/xawoxiganoxawalonupeva.pdf
    • http://actionelectric.pt/www/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ab65e365dc---7054300412.pdf
    • http://2girlstrippin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072384a86d7b---6881960173.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=labour+standards+act
    • 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_off00012ce8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CE8 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000144ff.bin
00ede47d72ddedf24316924c0abf17e39bd6786300ad672635ae3ac802e6bad8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144FF 10288 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015c4e.bin
5c3719d4ac37c5134bcb353bd3a169a88115e004d0d8c9f70657cebd240aadc1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15C4E 17840 bytes