Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a61335f729ed2360…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-07-15 20:08:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: bad162e4eb95d565080ef9d4efd6a54e SHA-1: 193ad5dbaa2851981bdc381ef1fb19f6c5afca49 SHA-256: a61335f729ed23607f51f00481d1b5f8cf0802e249bf02a86177e743206f820e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious files. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' indicates the document's content is intended to deceive the user into clicking these links, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=total+due+upon+receipt PDF link annotation
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a2484c775a---xejulizexoxelasixuzeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37e59b09ac---madegiseluzekakivozonij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emmaushuis.org/pages/gopanifitinakugovinubebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hkalc.com/userfiles/gosolido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juvelyrikoscentras.lt/Files/file/89201750714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/545d23a14ac3bcd87c020cf1e13f8557/weremoluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonfiremadigan.com/uploads/fckeditor/file/dofutezugisilozexezesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lprdn0rf42ro75809reoge6j0/zudoreviwolorezebivorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeclassof1987reunion.com/clients/37165/File/rotirosuwil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4d20d610e83b80f63ada1be7398fb20/85830571367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://araonline.hu/uploads/file/99253533293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/4677108818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profbuhotchet.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5761ac289699d9d29a285de5641103d9/68690711450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrybusiness-crm.com/ressource/devis-photo/files/51609803335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsuorui.com/uploadfiles/fckeditor/20210612/file/16235225397172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e480ecebcf4---dakogunijogoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intergeored.com/upload/File/24556742275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.denisonlandscaping.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef2085c06e---nubewizevaxaduvawifuvob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ca778a45471549dabf39fa998010753/wejadowiniruzefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tablica-nieruchomosci.pl/uploades/fckeditorfile/10463351779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/xifawazagazerumatesibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/gojukuguletonobuxise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fdc36269b7---paderaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tpe7v0r5hm6m28g9v18v02hm8h/81263764070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/pisor.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_off0000ea45.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA45 16724 bytes
SHA-256: 1aee1cc4e2d394f98c022aa458be1256db04911e04e79bbecfe32e9b4f699cd2
font_01_sfnt_off000115c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012ddf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DDF 10400 bytes
SHA-256: 7a8b3a6021b6e53747de300cef1209803f1185c597ce1cd5fddf79146b1eeb5b