Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce87ec5e6b152d73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.7 KB Created: 2021-08-25 01:51:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: c5a79b9477e47d1f9d24f03dc36c8da8 SHA-1: d55fa1afc877b2a293d8f63f9311dd47dd49ef88 SHA-256: ce87ec5e6b152d735807ea86f95e3c6c2c1ef92de2fa36fbd0196af7a7308285
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic further suggests a phishing or scam pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9877

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=income+tax+slab+2021+to+2022 PDF link annotation
    • http://harekatmemuru.com/images/Media/files/38990612871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/440058298a1c40e10b1099f1d0a1400f/tutazeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8a4a6d6fec---vevufokopom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alice-immo.com/userfiles/file/dikoxafufob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e3605a6e7---sewalenuropupulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36vemohu1c66qteuejafla4du1/14631502595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoo-foto.cz/userfiles/file/tirafinewabajosubewon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd689a57104a42a21bafd355c3a0d59f/26973464876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9de91e5cc---zafamudotilazil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poongdung.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210701_E6C84F9157803C27.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tsb1ntshdt7u67gnbcik3grgm8/32516121015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twothirdsmajority.us/clients/38522/File/ferogovilixonodiruram.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entone.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ee59a3f8f44b1a2e10228aabcb15518/5788034482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiddenroots.org/clients/19739/File/pitesejedesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9888c4fo5n3jsua46lbcc4b567/58705872302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c876fa336f9---30372953005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xixanige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maryamghiasi.com/images/upload/files/jifuritoriralolatusig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.johnknox.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbb99e60cd6---gulukisuvotur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2afac8ec3f2458293b4fcc971fc61749/laforejuxex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yasaitogo.com/uploads/files/kivebinonemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/19832778551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-journal.com/media/file/teriwofifopabinaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/jazesanew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071cc835ec80---91316984652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butchercurnow.com/img/shop//contents/31736823505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takeacode.net/user/d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e/file/85193344984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f049.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF049 18468 bytes
SHA-256: 790afa07aac04c24266adeec7d3a40e62e5822a2f4cf0b0aa71d2f342e76bffe
font_01_sfnt_off00011ed9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ED9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000136f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x136F0 10684 bytes
SHA-256: f05f0be8637ec74e70d50e6c908aeaccfbcdf4cf3e42edc2c65909fad9d1976c