Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abf31651501b26fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

103.0 KB Created: 2021-08-06 07:55:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 4b3be594b427c06432c042624f350f3f SHA-1: 67170fa552f6b2bdb1c6a1902f46d8f1692d348e SHA-256: abf31651501b26fa712e5ae0dc3a72882c8cb23c1bf563141aafdfa089ba9018
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of invoice and download button lures further supports a phishing or scamming intent. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' and ML classifier confidence of 0.987708 strongly indicate malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9877

Heuristics 8

  • 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
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c636d4f17---79089163382.pdf
    • https://sudhirsachdevaclasses.com/ci/userfiles/files/89948115996.pdf
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/36146307550.pdf
    • http://ivepe-elearning.gr/assets/UserFiles/mainHome/file/nawuzixevo.pdf
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/51226574368.pdf
    • https://lienlacanien.com/img_pages/file/nonefabejaponogi.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ms59m6kf1bvf5c2hqac22c7er5/ninibeja.pdf
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0752c9b399---xekavu.pdf
    • http://caribsplash.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9c25baafd0---pojuripalotorawepugimupud.pdf
    • https://samsungvrvklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/rupiletenilibugefumadoko.pdf
    • http://iburgisidimarsala.eu/userfiles/files/nusaredukobinobov.pdf
    • https://anup.bo/images/files/22509575903.pdf
    • https://socialchangefactory.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6d49e7123479619bfd6671e03a4eb05c/65165771684.pdf
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca71c38373---19431991850.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f0939295d---94349962643.pdf
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59sh75e27armfsounce50keo9d/muwupojakobaxatupuwe.pdf
    • https://athensviptour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b71fe1c87b6df9cb5f0cdbb0efee8f37/20901446427.pdf
    • http://maility.pl_adresuserfiles/file/36364617626.pdf
    • http://n2nnetworks.com/files/others/86586963712.pdf
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/luronit.pdf
    • http://palazzodiaz.com/userfiles/files/gozagu.pdf
    • http://sethhukumchandschool.com/userfiles/file/75253016039.pdf
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/lumuvonokir.pdf
    • http://veterani-pushkino.ru/userfiles/files/runerojexaxikeg.pdf
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21ttudlbbtbpktbdtupn6m2nm7/funubozoferunomo.pdf
    • https://prsnashville.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e1aa09f0f0f918442fc7f10d248f93c/57261390259.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+a+car+sales+agreement
    • 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_off00012d73.bin
4bbeadf4a1930164f6a076418293076a45515d1a9434e750c0d4d12721f11802
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D73 10652 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000145d4.bin
ad0e44100868bc6c03cce6eac155aacf4ea28b43a67fa63a19a43f6118533378
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145D4 18228 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001760c.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1760C 16792 bytes