Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b4cf64e76c548fcb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-08-06 18:18:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: bb5709b2d909f20b1d59a344bf47046f SHA-1: 9ce8451ee83ac0905f2646d1135862d44d632ad9 SHA-256: b4cf64e76c548fcbdb282581f8312393022af3822c3a9e40a62b701441b1f0b7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' suggests the document's content is intended to deceive the user into clicking these links, likely to download a secondary payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=manual+maquina+pinball+5+bolas+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://torbay.ru/images/uploads/file/86210173624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hkqvig3q68r018jp02g0dtoj32/sanowavudijivabepigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrejaja.com/Upload/file/ramawupipozol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventima.ru/userfiles/file/55169078086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.net/userfiles/file/86039317945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vpmqbi35bmm4bt3u4r92oc7a1c/bugeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9cfaca1e1a---88581029186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rfcorporation.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caf700381e7d70d9b78563b914d2a869/bonakebebosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/fegataxitomibidilititogom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c188afb9719---75289487659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984c543183a---45758492894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fda02305c04---66572462787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.temsilcisitesi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b55e95a18e0---kukajilemozubapuwif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b05401f28b404ee3ce1c70c8ad4ca3ea/mixokegigizuropatope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rotherelectric.com/files/gidijuxela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4147a7f71c05948e14b225256911b342/19457441924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irishheritagesociety.net/clients/7/7f/7f3653e4c5d791bf76f28d2bf9929747/File/18480076396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drwatsonsr.com/clients/2/2b/2b9a0cf27321ceab3a47fbd10bf94d34/File/tofosaremepiwivunowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://backcountryplayground.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b590adebd943df060fe6dafd971521d/mifudonenafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1f332914b8---44319574806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//raseroxilom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f598a6a5d17---81441991807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://specimport.by/files/files/komemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francoisdaulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77874450534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095487f24008---98426724624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ade8e330a4b---kigera.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_off00010537.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10537 10840 bytes
SHA-256: d0204f86aba34a002a6d04dfa136279f0c8595b4a6dbd2ec4c3cb38182555a6a
font_01_sfnt_off00011db5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DB5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000135c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x135C7 18468 bytes
SHA-256: 5c571633f69e6d9f577eec2787c420233e8cf2b9bfae22c24e96e43af9bc22f2