Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf5f55eb78ec4dfe…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 02:24:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: b1c478aba874bea70836196ec5417f9e SHA-1: 27f7501b3d17802200eb7f60a454fc1aed367fb9 SHA-256: bf5f55eb78ec4dfeb3c3fd62a21eae4c22972fe8ecd8e11ec7e12f2e91aa1a2b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or are structured as link farms. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing or scamming intent, aiming to trick users into clicking these links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://suadienlanhhanoi.net/upload/files/31740159202.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://panama4d.com/contents//files/xotomesazowifijotesakuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/62664639857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snotlicker.com/clients/10243/File/sewujilinumiletelafoxipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linardi.ru/files/file/38094686519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spy-military-labs.com/userfiles/file/folokiwomibojox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8099e7f5954772d218c4074d1c45925/56267656565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103f6c0f2be8---wedezirikavidadep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viral-list-machine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/likisomolunodor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/68165845607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf71565f8ec---20345372050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expungemyrecordnj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dbac53fbcc---48042731657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reachcast.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab9112ccbebcda10f95ce3e1b0822496/benafipawozofusipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c150f23c52---39433456519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verduciautodemolizioni.it/userfiles/file/58209590899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hochrainer-elsner.at/upload/files/sapovaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sro52.ru/uploads/files/xivaliko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sgicorp.com/userfiles/files/tigiforopesokepekizabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pjkconstruction.ca/images/file/sikonoloratudomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-sta.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210701_ACAD63390FF770B5.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.terraton.com.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/faxuvotaroroni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artasedanasingaraja.com/uploadfck/file/31066337065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=ca+ipcc+practice+manual+for+may+2019+old+syllabusPDF link annotation
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b3f8f3042d---tegiwizetuxelakeduzewut.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_off0000e6b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6B2 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 00bf4c4cd1f23ccc72c86b62b2305015ac7d3194744bcb1c94ab581a34455703
font_01_sfnt_off000114d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114D7 11628 bytes
SHA-256: 3cdef7f91cbabc33120f1cdf9c7a07304388019f6f7ec709cde6218db4030ea8
font_02_sfnt_off00013063.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13063 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1