Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ce901466ceb7f2a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-06-25 21:37:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e6a56fdbe3d40419c7d38689dca2fd5b SHA-1: 058cd1a32ff6ee2cfc3d4d13687a3ae711c43665 SHA-256: ce901466ceb7f2a36ba7a4d53bc520a015f7a0c9bed5a840ac2b6b19f1110b8f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, likely to distribute further malicious content. The presence of an 'invoice lure' heuristic further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9762

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 https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7tn7q3mvoee752omca5vku4dq3/190725203.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/40822508560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769b128e0ac---kusanuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086fcfd1a00e---rukibagediwonekuxowozavuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maidichike.com/upload/files/88229584928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5cv5ajf38269vg1g4a19a1325s/rimunikinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e2aa574d3b---86075341015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9of4h4uhrd4dp1u5071vadecvl/fuwujigazejitijarujowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pilonidalsinus.gen.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d41cd5f209---tarapowikinumomabufises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quickonboarding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abeaa1975b2059d3af39c140c3558d64/20609937246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/37po2n7lr7ub503a31ni01d388/77407848845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae9fab9b928708cc8ec1e676dc4afaff/25620116851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whiteelephant.co.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a527b4fd2d7b4a1a2ccc59beee16de2/geribozeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7dapr6d7042bnen6habk8ckig7/tozobukofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c56b860482098f19c398a631333300d0/94478042120.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://414movement.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/50f85dc0cde610514efed0f6b1b29a57/tupelomisupolefopuvadijug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e6c03d97e873fcd214ab3f36ea3066c/87805737749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/94757692088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://batikatravels.com/userfiles/file/makefixupokulaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/vowaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.acefence.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae821726204---nelabeputum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77e2aae8f0---74905793547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bendhorseride.com/userfiles/file/vuvitajafidapejikano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ainut.fi/userfiles/file/52845642824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecbpolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/725e8e8b41b9b15d079bdaee4955ea35/lotojexusikegojomun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160946d710a799---zurenekijepano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28506d821d---97225626730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=nfc+function+switchPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000de74.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE74 1692 bytes
SHA-256: 6df00093d1a1fd8b8f95901b42ba2863538c90606311dd4adf1993a433792d13
font_01_sfnt_off0000e67d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE67D 10156 bytes
SHA-256: 7e07edc5789fd893935a8d5c9bc530e3106b7756efc61d251a13696f281b3377
font_02_sfnt_off0000fd3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001154e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1154E 18196 bytes
SHA-256: 96e421d5e40579e69a5bd9f3844a966a80256bb2015590de56600fde619eb08c