Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9855e5386fe4c0e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:48:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2ce63b1077584b687b338d01376002f6 SHA-1: 894d2c7d0817be59f94b61a5c4dd319b6d649633 SHA-256: 9855e5386fe4c0e6feaf70e2b63e73d111e721f53b528faaefff33879d692fc1
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF was flagged by multiple heuristics as an advance-fee scam lure, containing language related to lotteries, prizes, and parcel delivery. It also contains numerous links to external PDF files hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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.
  • 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://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b16e3a4d39---42895292488.pdf
    • http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/piduta.pdf
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab6d792f0a3---17232344406.pdf
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17779c2ce1a8b338f5d9010b09f1b7b8/zewebeta.pdf
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/66908537934.pdf
    • http://www.trimbleexpress.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3193db6a7---63286366876.pdf
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096791c24697---67346870052.pdf
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc8c7c14b4e---fazigezavatikoze.pdf
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2t95cjnnhsn70lhtfk2a4cgdjl/29845561337.pdf
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bjbceernaajvltl21gf4nofinl/17744268532.pdf
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3b01381ef9---19065825050.pdf
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d749552e5f0c4519ee04a5647ea06b4d/38120478425.pdf
    • https://motacademy.it/file/rozukudurosubuwenopatu.pdf
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfd06797b37---varopoxebamekoligum.pdf
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/lazuvekuxatamabegebo.pdf
    • http://au-zlato.sk/upload/files/98813768087.pdf
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2446b14cdd---76439323644.pdf
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8jpi284k8itq2bn8ddcv9dquhk/worotiwufu.pdf
    • http://rajeshjshahani.com/clients/d/de/defaee86e9f1fedea086b53a5072ac2c/File/kabobatar.pdf
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/nuberodusixa.pdf
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ffff50b3519b0a7ba7e74d551a1d2a3d/8550371897.pdf
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ad3b54a3d---lareg.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ed3c0992ec---30671430447.pdf
    • https://alsterparkett.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8qubsstaaptmdp4jpvqovml3jg/69989855086.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+disable+incognito+mode+on+android+phone
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17afcfc8e8ae494a7f634c7371e79e9b/4596893819.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_off0000f7b2.bin
c1e7156e9cbe6b1aafd6ca387fd0f750e70ee3d4537d41df01e8eae10c58abc9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7B2 11180 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001112f.bin
0faa1df61b7d96727549243d01ed0c0c0d21adaf78b002b855e9581f56a69d1a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1112F 17364 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013ee8.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EE8 16792 bytes