Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a45f44aa3c0c724a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-07-25 23:13:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b162f138a281f2f8f855437fd80688b9 SHA-1: d84532a1a26409565c1a383f2144a565da87fadf SHA-256: a45f44aa3c0c724ab553e0f2b8d9fbde09bc55ff3f6c37a4a1e33d7319081b32
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to facilitate the download of a secondary payload. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggest a phishing attempt disguised as a financial document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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 http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0fb8726961---lokologitozagerudojetivum.pdf
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cm44ssif0qq03kloqd1gdu1si/pejomegewomu.pdf
    • http://melissajacksonmd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160840f614dc36---gusoxutoluxeso.pdf
    • https://cspdental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/778124118c28d2b331e930db63bbdb5c/33124585804.pdf
    • http://bikipvuikhoedep.com/app/webroot/files/editor_upload/files/2487654333.pdf
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad8a081fd6b---61521475264.pdf
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f02f652b2ea1bd3579183b01f8c1592/nusareje.pdf
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/rowutuvafefamuwi.pdf
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eiaguc92fcggb4nvvp62lpufg4/leruketaberefavibibiletad.pdf
    • http://francisfamilyreunion.net/clients/870293/File/xutujelisi.pdf
    • https://www.baileysmilk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/657462f828405b48f60b2d15f093e55d/72186022352.pdf
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/14868025393.pdf
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961beca0ba7---fosedexetuwefupoxug.pdf
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2467ddb3f---28964446216.pdf
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/035f924cb6d737a62166bb607fb4f8fb/19357505720.pdf
    • https://wpsqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c6e379ca9466f52dc629c06196f328c/72263266717.pdf
    • http://rlangkhan.com/upload/userfiles/files/bixefinujima.pdf
    • https://designcoordinators.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781d1fdbbab---lilidepovagipofopanimoka.pdf
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0770b5f3ba---wapazonuzepiwuguvoze.pdf
    • http://kleinschaden-expert.de/userfiles/file/49533275010.pdf
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32e4a4eae23f42fa1a215b2014295bb1/wapatixenoxosilivi.pdf
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160742ba8dad6e---rukufuvixepovotuwu.pdf
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/2555360002.pdf
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ff29de364---duzuronifijudutes.pdf
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7a1a5b459---77621397979.pdf
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7gluv0fa10s9nq2vd400pcl9mq/vetem.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=arrear+calculation+excel+sheet
    • 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_off0000f17a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF17A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010991.bin
ba64525bbd1368d1924566ac29c8893ebea0df9b82e3545057335ef485aa8ca5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10991 10512 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012172.bin
04c5b87c843c8df546dced5489f20473fcd3be4ac69bd051d07e7e5380db3ac4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12172 17544 bytes