Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a08c95ff66539ce6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 14:00:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 3470e9d749dcaf444cc84faeadc771bd SHA-1: 018fc3e6eca0758148b4eb32c1c939222e550972 SHA-256: a08c95ff66539ce62a1256a8f9d83340c6cccc36e1ab80440b27cbc3148cb04e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, as indicated by the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent, likely to redirect users to a malicious site or download a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://opalsolar.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160897e2b47c6e---56481734269.pdf
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b830fec80a821a4fb20f7c7628ef8651/pofuwib.pdf
    • http://blessedfamilycovenant.org/clients/c/cb/cb727bc273eb4203dc66fb73741ae5ae/File/84546786186.pdf
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160721dc9b80bb---29902571574.pdf
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/xavap.pdf
    • http://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/valugexapiruponemek.pdf
    • http://jump360.co/upload/files/20210627042854.pdf
    • http://svaz-podnikani.cz/files/file/56024759599.pdf
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/64791412513.pdf
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76a38c8d6850d5bd05f6ca594552cd82/32940364746.pdf
    • http://yuseigachi.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5034b55767---wezezunevugitumezav.pdf
    • http://bocghedanang.com/media/ftp/file/77805333960.pdf
    • http://brlairport.com/images/file/zuropogitasujuvik.pdf
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4904fe38b5fb724f3198fb65ebc29f16/6029008464.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8562ae9cd8bbeb46f09af8a7cf74932/juvekeburujigudejikap.pdf
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607df3740fac2---xewofavedipopuzofi.pdf
    • http://rollfactorytogo.com/uploads/files/nosiredepisepib.pdf
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rbhj7r46fkcgrn1q265grnmttd/tuwobuvufozipidoboxopazij.pdf
    • https://scriptdd.com/_file/file/gakevi.pdf
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38398734921.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17iqu68nih4qrklmc2foldiblr/mewuraxemogetofe.pdf
    • https://victory-agency.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cead40843f---68255023968.pdf
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/36268856159.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=internal+control+and+risk+management
    • 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_off0000ea2c.bin
0a872e938ebddfc6c15c2263ceb163c1cacdffa3fb41715f4e2398f809d26329
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA2C 10756 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000102ae.bin
c8053eeb368848635180ffe1fbff83aee93c98be7f4cd7bc6f5191ac36b5bbbd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102AE 15716 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b12.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B12 16792 bytes