Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c615048a09e6d8f8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-07 14:00:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 7a0819fb219b28b2084fec77b8064083 SHA-1: c65b6790bbd3da293b0b01e7d48226e81236a8d5 SHA-256: c615048a09e6d8f84d860efae2ef828200543d5655b695c2781c9402b93b2a0c
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an invoice-themed lure and an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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 http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160966db4aba5d---36972207614.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mqn5f0kb4fu27637n0crq3o0vl/49458323227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonductudong.com/upload/files/58260016079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090a76b797ce---naredopasakugimewujum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daiduongmetal.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/33695918280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddriu.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/405871395af83ed3baeffb29fa4ca9d3/56918253829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruxthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15204519515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/202ae15178167b9bdbf067b35971ffaf/gazuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oresteruggiero.com/userfiles/files/41922778293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tks-forever.com/upload/2021/06/24/file/bodunosuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marwaautorepair.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/95247709079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/dadatexebevepulopufakab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scissortailfarms.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb47dda538a---77946961332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioscoponi.eu/userfiles/files/lebupimug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dafc5eab07---dibepedijuwutirebimixike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://momsystem.ru/public/file/61422441639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demircanticaret.com/userfiles/file/jasimebiluvalinox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burstallconrad.com/editor_files/file/bewuron.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f53186f34306c4a1409526365d4704bd/zupuwawolajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/jilivobabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brezov-gaj.si/uporabnik/file/38615537418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.proctoloji.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608480eef3122---24995786448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52ca21db0ddf51c2b900a09a3317c33a/37698853023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+bank+guarantee+and+letter+of+credit+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_off0000d798.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD798 11048 bytes
SHA-256: 1587db738a1cec7dc5b6728488b240da2b75e2a09d5b6399668893921be2e3dc
font_01_sfnt_off0000f117.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF117 16524 bytes
SHA-256: bdd7655a6c0bb0d5f40a3e44890e3631e454520c2a05e4805a65d5e8831770d5
font_02_sfnt_off00011b90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1