Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4980e68b3fcebdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 17:37:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3e932ebde6aeb16bff8a5a9ceeeaf6b3 SHA-1: 30c74f6bf2cbaafbe27acd30d1ad7fab909bda25 SHA-256: b4980e68b3fcebdc4c9a31539d3513a15a75057d9cc9ebfd646eda0c95e8d39d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to potentially compromised WordPress sites hosting further malicious PDFs, likely as part of a phishing or scam campaign. The presence of invoice-related language reinforces the lure tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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.
  • 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://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8aaanrkdmt1rrt32qq9leq21k1/sejorukowixonewefurexeg.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://envigest.cz/upload/file/57631075012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50584598564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fe941970fd---xasujugitotamosose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607beb49b6dbf---15800311597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sp47ppilttc0p1q6ojj38uosma/mekurogejuwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/sufamofew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doudou.tw/userfiles/files/daluwafokivuzumogenajepax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ap116.ru/userfiles/file/ririxekagizivojuzesik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a613dd6e216---sevud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bistro-8.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8e179b0105341b2cae477de94a3549e/sibofitoravazotedav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbb3d2a4f5---menitad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmhsclassof1977.com/clients/34196/File/zawafexomezomijulijasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcimx.com/files/57999994874.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magendans.com/imagefiles/file/86737847217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokozentrale.de/idata/kepekekujuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/wekokumegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mashtalkandil.com/userfiles/file/5781188573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecs4.com/intranet/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tazitadusotimili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://upchealth.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4f56c3b01e7eb9c7c0c0f8a870699f6/rojesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3d411085f1---14721465750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxcottage.ru/stroykamen/userfiles/file/78719362922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeugdopdewetenschapsagenda.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd29dbc4617---poxunijivelip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ipssecurityconsultants.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46464218576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamuiboe.com/webroot/upload_media/58566312798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.duffylighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/858b1ca80e5e1398c2ae708024420b76/petaxonezuponiwosisobug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=proforma+invoice+sample+pdfPDF 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_off0000e4ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4EE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD00 18328 bytes
SHA-256: 08754c226a5dc4b0c8988161d37606dd61e90bbea6e67b11a65fd9747693c957
font_02_sfnt_off00012c33.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C33 10748 bytes
SHA-256: 97466b76fded245e7f634713f6af1e72c7af143c7c87ff466bc10b07bececb06