Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9aec71ea8b015eeb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-08-03 06:20:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-20
MD5: 85ad37a79e3821f06addc329999f3a7d SHA-1: 6b314953cefb0eb07d128b9234a2225fd42bcd8b SHA-256: 9aec71ea8b015eebd6631f6f2fc89b8213030c95882e1e302829fc790e6a5bf4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload directories, likely to host further malicious content. The presence of invoice or payment language suggests a phishing lure to trick users into downloading the linked PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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
  • 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://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160756c2106837---rudaladisimubobezuwupudu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/30695778437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e18550b9f68---15021552549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/migan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroisvias.ru/userfiles/file/62640712140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609846e5ca50b---97426753407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26fe1b19e705fd7b3d98fa3433860a39/dufazurujeremunitatadiwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muacash.com/webroot/img/files/6546832540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mancomunidadvaldizarbe.com/userfiles/files/17581064682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.motocams.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67828645959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a050a70c477---pabobafukosap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pelesiuvalymas.lt/i/File/xejeredowuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tripleccompanies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a0ff25792e12cafbe0c5dc50f2a5bc6/tugidezufumevasifok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a48921f0a91---dozaxunosinupenepaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gleneaglehoa.org/images/file/45995264344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjbtrh.com/files/pic/file/13991684665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd8433af27---matelutubejutid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansing.nl/userfiles/file/31414740798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t0advg3ovoqdp0f2icetocs962/jodujapefewefukelopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benjamin1908.com/clients/f/f4/f4560e3fe432b95d15e234f900dec36a/File/72208898999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e452b5de153eac328fa07c037bf0960/15504197401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097cf987d7f3---wepipok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f4193f8dc1375b4e9215d3a31aaf1adf/tuzajaxezokobemirazeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-inmobiliaria.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/metogovijomejiparurules.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160976127677b9---97097839593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/95821902803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+search+for+marriage+records+onlinePDF 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_off0001043e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043E 16832 bytes
SHA-256: dcdb6fbcd2ac13cc0f56ac3c19c29a6fa9e013c6f10ebb18fbb743faec9d5fbb
font_01_sfnt_off00012ffb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FFB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014812.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14812 10904 bytes
SHA-256: 1f58c867217a03b720f17a5589a02c85f8669608e3cccb57cf54e1bfdc0221a7