Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c7604fdc8aeaa9fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 20:05:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: e77032d6116832823ed5964a6bba9a1a SHA-1: 9bc6b917114145f387560a320777098f60574051 SHA-256: c7604fdc8aeaa9fd84b813d2ac3c32cc5eadd2d382c43c4d593f7882927157f9
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to download and execute malicious payloads. The presence of heuristics like 'Fake invoice / payment lure' and 'PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage' strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://color-gateway.com/userfiles/file/44830817101.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/delexuwubabor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partnercable.hu/files/tilizuvesabofero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupophi.es/uploads/files/83798947838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9894a77b9f72b42a7ea1c06b75aee960/lapoputamuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inunekocp.jp/mailmagazine/upload/files/37917388328.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/zoxapodogomuvutovesetotex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66381468342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcdt.co.th/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fq6afd1qbujva7fmv15mvnr884/76051220579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7c374b6e4bf3abeda6712a7566576f4/51362249576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pernambucoimortal.com/imagens/files/44750724066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firanywiktoria.pl/uploads/editor/file/dawepobebagexanonubef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memoservicesrl.it/file/98658942111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exosportsante.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42788986975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donghocasiochinhhang.net/uploads/userfiles/file/bupojapozibifozitojuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alignerco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60916c8e7fe1d6cb1494c15d938cda9f/mezetudowegezanozugijix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fajanav.com/aym_image/files/robilanejomezakatefitowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hydratrend.com/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80600870092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chicagohalo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df4f092e6e6---63814040654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkontakt.pl/dat/file/fifujomuwam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colafranceschi.it/userfiles/files/50295529766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seabeachthailand.com/UserFiles/file/vuwedusutuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.centrosanmarco.eu/img/news/files/komudulepojijimirixuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.injamal.es/nueva/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90596030065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=construction+company+profile+brochure+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_off0000e324.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE324 16992 bytes
SHA-256: b8b09e76e4b5f777b30eb61b964af716a3c581c34b3b6d1648947c32b47e487c
font_01_sfnt_off00010f00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F00 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012717.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12717 11268 bytes
SHA-256: 52c822561e8b623eaa657862bbe1b108dbe466b0f22cfda363dfd4bd524dee44