Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b287efb769b6462c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.4 KB Created: 2021-09-15 17:03:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: c6c8e1f365f07ec8f6e175103abe04d2 SHA-1: 4d337594213a22be99c019d1ebff38faa7f03497 SHA-256: b287efb769b6462cdddd70e586eec5ac771bbfa4ec15baeac877a370c79bc7f4
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, as indicated by the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic and the presence of numerous URLs pointing to PDF files hosted on various domains. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing campaign designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://nwhouse.ru/uploads/file/wazawa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://usateatop.com/_upload/files/vurinaranefesobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotelrestaurantmacarena.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37555558249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsolisp.com/files/file/47734682781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budgettranslation.hu/sites/default/files/file/wapuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivelinabozilova.com/userfiles/file/90760303245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://materialdeestudo.top/userfiles/files/xebos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eco-versute.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35663454084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://africalegal.nl/userfiles/file/jejubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2d1c3c9e36a98f69fc4c5c77c07c6d6/33465594218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94f3228fa0d1e1a0530bd155eb559f1a/58308408771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wintec-samu.hu/uploads/files/fazeduze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjburgerut.com/uploads/files/gitisavezamuxotujolom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fractinvest.com/uploads/file/14744893557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d01794b8fa---wizowomem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-of-geldanlagen.de/userfiles/file/palukaviwavozuwusis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pibmg.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/files/88270615944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosesrealtyhomes.com/userfiles/files/wepezole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/33990209493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-automation.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60569194336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawodydrwali.pl/app/webroot/userfiles/file/45407716318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkconstruction.com/Images/Media/files/gopukekowabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b3ccf4ca28c3654c551994e5cb49b55/35117758587.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://execdentalclinic.com/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24066342107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsmsaldature.it/userfiles/files/luvineji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=android+camera+overlayPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000eac7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAC7 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 96320a7609ec2c0e4307a82294cd1b7c6835b78cd7575470e6ea9fa484fb6efe
font_01_sfnt_off0001025f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1025F 19948 bytes
SHA-256: 03719a04d8af9e7393639e88c80eb6908820ebd6e0cec7d8508d6766e261c3ec
font_02_sfnt_off000137f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1