Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b291a5c4c0924268…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.4 KB Created: 2021-07-06 10:42:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 83f9fe3268de6825cec4f3a94e8137ff SHA-1: 48d2aaf872358756528f8514b02ff5d3ffb00da0 SHA-256: b291a5c4c0924268d35439799003943b63ea60bccd3cd57fcb0a5fb1a78c1087
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations. The heuristic 'SE_URGENCY_LURE' indicates the document likely uses urgent language to prompt user interaction. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to lead users to phishing sites or download further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=personal+assistant+experience PDF link annotation
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3956f2a0c2---4938694556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kk7avscsiosl5m62udva5h5jah/fetibin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c72pmrel0jadf1c2jgd1cdqbq9/xexibuluxomirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1920a67d4f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kapelski.pl/userfiles/file/pagabenonuxowisiwajigeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c90c4a12d08---29835012265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c75b962f21---68131839556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c14be6263a6---5396189972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160babb25b37c6---tinoxad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alteanetworks.fr/img/file/76678348502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.findvoters.com/userfiles/file/53083209785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urduhadith.org/survey/userfiles/files/xulalawegisefogerig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bef81e6c623eaed42d6cc020daaa65d8/tumepus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baliretreatcenter.com/olabali_ci/media/images/newsfiles/4339013042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.foundationofhope.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608061826dc7e---34678187126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f6c6b267b3---22055820518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautyyaurient.com/editor_upload/file/fusiwabudijekisibinotaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hve5c1j30hghsp7dc7qh4ljt84/donuwude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a1a5427ac7---52582400787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b99b456d9a---84756095649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xo-sound.ru/userfiles/file/80038680089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedding-ideas.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoguzipemopozominese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitaminyplus.eu/files/file/76561272240.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_off00010ba7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA7 10468 bytes
SHA-256: 7a96757686d7e19a9af43589f2c3e180c8385bc6b5e835b79c8a1716ba259d1f
font_01_sfnt_off00012397.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12397 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013ba9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BA9 17164 bytes
SHA-256: c404b1c0ab9fdbb19397a267b0ca19edc845dfd8731c26b1a613a686b69dce5e