Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c95b50edf2e7f7fd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-08-13 18:47:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7630f11c658065d748f0753dbbdda076 SHA-1: 88b07e000815639891112a83968aec3f5436a2aa SHA-256: c95b50edf2e7f7fdc1e243f4a7b757ac4c0f68636b3e246ca856a17d926e9c11
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score indicate malicious intent, likely to phish for credentials or deliver further malware. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' strongly supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607834b015f7b---misibopanova.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a3ca99c052a924196d4dd86fdbbc932/tufepavunufalidokepijedin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palami.by/images/file/76231396225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innotack.com/userfiles/files/31646373431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olgapopovaphoto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/158ed4a5bb325e52db072ad663bf788f/72863313903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackyz7automotive.com/js/upload/files/werileronixolumonaponebut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf1046782f---lovixasumomuxiruturati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalba.net/other_files/File/93391073579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpkprzemysl.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragemivozawopusufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727c1c39a1d---wataradomazuxilox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c41a30d4d19---texep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfh-filter.hu/_user/file/29092651696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-2000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tifujufufosax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banghenails.com/upload/file/30005815258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/gutin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advancedcheckcashadvance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cd68af32a3---xorafij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3385cd3eea---roxobatoginazujubozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160912a762511b---gasin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2m096j948m29t3lbvlb4ofnpbn/89867975505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a20697a5476---gexow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mii.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d883f4fa67e6514f4b725d7b6de95612/wezibaserex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/fimikol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/nunodegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=business+plan+template+for+online+boutiquePDF 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_off000105e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011df3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DF3 17740 bytes
SHA-256: 339abca6b91196c588220b97cebdaad7ce79d8591ea96bcdde37ae52247c996d
font_02_sfnt_off00014ceb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14CEB 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 3ea480e28c495b531ab66d1686d99abc157fdfeca16d3ccebc4a1473b97a017b