Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c76e81fed2d4b01d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 04:34:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 5f1a62754e64a7337aeb26f4611d7f01 SHA-1: 408f5faf45f167e59fe716b1e123960a258c63a6 SHA-256: c76e81fed2d4b01dd955ad69ac2785f8d4b6dbf4e9a07477e098faf3884e8266
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms and appear to be part of a link farm. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' suggests the document's content is designed to mimic an invoice or payment request, further encouraging user interaction with the embedded links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b12668a66a3---retorudavirakuta.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e05acfb46597721cbc5c3eec4b65f949/rugude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jakspravnenapsa.cz/userfiles/file/1299276833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geteffective.biz/uploadfiles/file/10160101862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dc946505983ca8d1ceb5c4decfa00d3/jofovabolixanimilunojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081c6c42458f---60371429685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://louvre.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/mulirexaxelurewelutevipup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pesogowoturapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/37090836854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/jidagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marjoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/36307111606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kga-am-adlergestell-ev.de/kga/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75033237353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160781c9d4db84---zubogoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dtjxbpzx.com/filespath/files/20210902100937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1eeae19984374606262f418fcc4e009e/61736056747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jackyrouxmethode.com/userfiles/file/93878559932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d7b8a2e9f---29072988022.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happypalettebnb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/40330693307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://officialbacknumber.com/editor_up/jajipinoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c34297b292d---xitusixawewolike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manufim.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e47a0d583fd---bovutezoranevogamuveren.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e5e4359f9b---fiwodabivibowobizodini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f33e351320---xiraxojukarebudagaxuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://diagonal.org.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083375c9bbfe---ginavojafipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607778889ed9c---7138128301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=lease+agreement+form+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_off0000d71d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD71D 15972 bytes
SHA-256: 2d45ac50aae1ef005c5130b7a3bd643ba17c2102f008b02d8639a1549e7447ac
font_01_sfnt_off0001004b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1004B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11862 10660 bytes
SHA-256: 8aefe01f7f879df706399ac1e7c77f542ec88022da1cfaf1b81f1d92b2e93103