Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 95ff04460854d05b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-08 02:18:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 26dc2d155da5507c01d3360d46a86013 SHA-1: 8f81f7b129ad3b3ffbc5bf6713ccf07927ff7606 SHA-256: 95ff04460854d05bf1f3125e97377e760d987bdbcd9a0c4b703a94103bd96562
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of external URIs and link farms, some hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggests the document is designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic further supports the phishing pretext, aiming to trick users into clicking the provided links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=following+up+on+our+conversation PDF link annotation
    • http://emurus.jp/userfiles/file/bepepamutidiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6536bc6250---tunezugetexemezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/14683396710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://africanresearchcenter.com/userfiles/file/35946393395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kwik-it.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a75cdc3d333---778812225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160973730dfd38---66804510900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agatanorek.com/files/file/99660989260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d4hsilj6la5qg88lm381kdgvi/wuxodobakidaruwadonavug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a83fbd62dfddf7e81b3a0a33bf3787a6/16475182929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8d8671b58b---walofimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6aa4cdd695c5815dfcea9eb36cb472a9/zizojezaduto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acd35023154be1111686a4f4e8b14b1b/98549793250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dentherapia.hu/files/file/zipatamuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lojunemun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cefb2e4c8---woxofavijurejorugexapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdf43eca56944bfbec2b8f6da299f71e/38758610282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cms.blauraum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffb6a6a7a2e69fb56c3512819ed5a842/konadavujoveto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ede6cb044f---72384023175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1122a48b284d43d5aabdf21565e58bb/48560066292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amy-tsai.com/images_express/userfiles/files/vodigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deficanderel.com/clients/6/67/674a09facce11b7629d390eef9534ff9/File/kefamakorivuson.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermoulin.com/userfiles/file/lekofiforovutimowigepuva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bxthirteen.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fece5bfc73c0520527d1e4d1b8071905/90424768386.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_off0000fa61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA61 18696 bytes
SHA-256: 965b3d90632fcd03c193c02124c8e08bd869e022ba4ef0ddd7a8cf9d18a7a038
font_01_sfnt_off00012b27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B27 10780 bytes
SHA-256: 5f839f9a8d5f54bb595a5026e22f21487c62acd84a9c3313f2bfe35f9fb4e8bf
font_02_sfnt_off00014435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14435 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1