Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 925203b0f88a996f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-08-10 17:20:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: c8bbe6178096cc4961880366c8ef2ec7 SHA-1: 2fdaeb5bcea2b076f3966d438337a27245a81d77 SHA-256: 925203b0f88a996f2c3452700d9ec82e9e69d0c4647ded7f753f880402e2f370
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to direct users to malicious content. The presence of invoice-related language further supports its use as a lure for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=way2go+card+alabama+child+support PDF link annotation
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d95ef6a3849---wawotasum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l3k2v9um68nj9tvv0kb15loqb7/falalevuwatarokisafijixux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cricalliance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813bdc4391c---71299798797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sumangold.net.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndaett4j5fg2d0u9k38441r6f6/25408515521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bawaconstructions.com/editorData/file/97790735896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082fff1f0c7d---janituzel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espressobuilders.com/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/digijilabifejimitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pnlcoach.com/misc2/file/In PDF document text
    • http://bizbecho.com/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/figiwefeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608706ed2cdea---dapoziwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shihtzufurbabies.net/clients/d/d3/d383cf0c90cf2d2391705d5438694b4c/File/25017535455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johnmichaelharrisonlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/70834179329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a5303c30d---1476854047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/tazimutadalibagam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fhs76reunion.com/clients/0/00/009202203981f132fd14d012a57c0fe5/File/tasofisazelimipevobazeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/tulosivaxutipixozat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haus-st-otmar.ch/userfiles/files/buzugebobaxolima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8f72e38e7f---19933143194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bumsnab.ru/uploads/files/82697334776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f924a1c10---jirilupipemen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgunbey.com/upload/ckfinder/files/54922476602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef3b84b9228139cc36469c9195863128/66597355575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paynechapelduquesne.org/clients/9/9b/9b910c66cef3ae2d1bb1fd5804160a19/File/91253196720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084061b571ad---visewatun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9e66280f6---jonekuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f0c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000108db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108DB 16496 bytes
SHA-256: 07db93a5d146cd9ff1fee5a6fe33c57c82af9e59ff31cff78f8d10feb99b61f4
font_02_sfnt_off000133ce.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133CE 11192 bytes
SHA-256: 4cbc89d2a75425a7423d91b5b94fe86295846a71d78e07c6ba982954f92df7b4