Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a4b795a1feb267be…

MALICIOUS

PDF

124.9 KB Created: 2021-08-08 23:42:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 89d62271dd9b2613374ecfcdefba0e27 SHA-1: fb07cc09f5f44777ba0aae71eb083eba22b4326c SHA-256: a4b795a1feb267be4782765fb5223825776250a914ae798fd9ec0d12781e1e24
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF sample was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a large number of external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The presence of urgency and invoice lures further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=certificate+of+incorporation+uk+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160843e1de767a---mamilesitekobuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/477huh3ok9vcdrdqbgdc0urn91/64737918095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amursvoidom.ru/media/files/janinik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1794d212bbed8602a853c5fa694abd2f/10949752371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doggystylzgrooming.com/admin/photos/file/56988821583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/noranizarutojiwoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c84c30851e---58524732588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ec38c0fb6---10645318760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landbar.com/upload/files/tuxumudufumalunagijusavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beastyenergy.com/userfiles/file/70730773970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790cd9c3975---webutipidid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/96646239436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/38026629459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12e0fa815f6fdef64419c2520a67bf1f/juvebikewab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photographerin.agency/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqh65o6koce15ikmiefjb1v285/60428157247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/kupazegoraxilavosatave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourjamesfamilyhistory.com/clients/1/14/146a9f92d0a296c7c29e793db058bb30/File/27455840390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079702fea60e---nuvumowader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbb1f0c449c---fizomozajonexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bruceautoservice.com/files/file/90710579337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/gimokobuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59cf619f2438fe9eb1b9b0ec9f37a9bb/jesariripavamugesuvit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snotlicker.com/clients/10243/File/1107830073.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_off00016e80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16E80 10624 bytes
SHA-256: df80c11d7421509f5188a0f9710571cf8274ec495b24897fd06eb49c3eaa6df7
font_01_sfnt_off000186ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x186EE 32856 bytes
SHA-256: 5be2a394b20a9429ad42c43803f59f64b3eed471be962df107fb5224c663bfd3
font_02_sfnt_off0001cd9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CD9D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1