Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bff94f411f6d0dd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 07:15:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 69650e9eb6ddee25f5f2abe4562827b4 SHA-1: 62d79008264cfd87f4e8fdef0bc0b08638c81582 SHA-256: bff94f411f6d0dd2d4e15b49384cbde039d78ee305fc9ddcde62bf5188d334fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The SE_INVOICE_LURE heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to deceive users into clicking these links, likely to download a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=accounts+payable+and+accounts+receivable+pdf
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/386d148cc5bb20f0f14530ebf5974318/99871208219.pdf
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a3bb076b9b---busidoxuf.pdf
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/84919807488.pdf
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608496c25db8c---kudenuzazoxezir.pdf
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16126d0bd8dd04---latafofolijuvu.pdf
    • http://www.sec-ollivier-associes.fr/www/upload/file/bejugasa.pdf
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56b078cfad69e8ba97f3bf6b8cb580a5/notifumaruxuwipopagora.pdf
    • https://completecollegestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/971e816282fedaa21275f85d9dcaf905/rupofo.pdf
    • http://www.tm-africa.com/beta/public/uploads/cms_filescms_files/87767017183.pdf
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/xazugunavafix.pdf
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01ee53a0f2a658b8cf64e24f1c7a9df7/newujumibawezuvira.pdf
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e94049b94fcbafbd638f71559c740677/lemubojibefi.pdf
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/44c766942a1be6fb88b3e5710f54db33/1678666523.pdf
    • http://chemicalengineers.ie/images/36039510549.pdf
    • https://we-plus.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerolotirinezegu.pdf
    • http://grapes4u.ca/sites/all/sites/grapes4u.ca/files/78664095868.pdf
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/lixegarebagidim.pdf
    • http://doyen.cc/images/upload/File/70153962708.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cfa4cbe094---55735448280.pdf
    • http://staging.impactredevelopment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160770e1bee72f---gugavinujatibagakuzorab.pdf
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f747d2dc3b2---fakumopoka.pdf
    • http://lightofislamonair.org/uploads/files/51287310067.pdf
    • http://s250801404.onlinehome.fr/img/uploaded/file/gefofexatusirawakifixi.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010dbf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DBF 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000125d6.bin
52316d824b91bc6058cc52abfff10f6dbe3cefe8e0aaee97a7689f1328c11a3a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125D6 11016 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013f71.bin
83e366f9afe4958f08acd0e1f710ae29f6cc874cdb029618340794dac341bfed
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F71 19144 bytes