Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 931beb9fbc85bcd3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:50:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d3e7d92b59b9e9216a01864b30eccbc3 SHA-1: 6409d986eda02c822498007f201af2a233141add SHA-256: 931beb9fbc85bcd3d14a9639872f4b305187cac30224da31e3b05adc47c1ec5a
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be compromised or disposable hosting. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests the document's content is designed to trick users into clicking these links, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of many external links indicates a potential for downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/85582564639.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073725b188c0---68937587890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f6cdb0317c9ef27c88775708668906a/jugitewufijaroduxiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210504112216399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.molinoag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088961b12a75---wosixug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.funes.gob.ar/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49277500466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/fifixinurir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/xufazuvabuvukomovaraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608477921cf09---dowarero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/naronakajepivoguzogor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a1-recruitment.fr/v2011/Files/fck_upload/file/gutetulubiziku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jimsclub.net/new/board/img_tinfo/file/20210730213020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1ec3e39e8d---rudopetole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisamerino.com/userfiles/file/70680396987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161162b1001ff6---82678056607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2sisaccount.com/userfiles/files/19567075398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://konzolstudio.ro/uploaded_files/file/94810732211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veejaytechnologies.com/userfiles/file/dobofugefixaxilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kzhep.in.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/986em1dhfvgvftn6doh7736e51/81774517108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelniagararimini.eu/userfiles/files/63516792045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotechike.com/files/files/37226506133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb07f62b4fc---91412507920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a30bb4cd3f2---filugasozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607982b940133---remebufivisux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=quality+control+tests+for+suspensions+pdfPDF 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_off0000d941.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD941 10888 bytes
SHA-256: a4d26ddbce5d0db0d4d9f5d4da19db7a986747ae69e1694af5c835322933c786
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010ac4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC4 16164 bytes
SHA-256: 9fd782c1b554a2210b8ff510c7df107087d38da03e3d169d5cb370794fdde82d