Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0590dd0b37d524a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 08:12:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e68630bc4b32152abcf1af77e90c152f SHA-1: 03d488187620a7e7f57cbbf576b12e3d0db0e223 SHA-256: d0590dd0b37d524a10bd183998e205f28040953c309c689c57ba1106fd137d73
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It functions as a link farm, with numerous URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites, including WordPress uploads. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic suggests a pretext for user interaction, likely to encourage clicking on the malicious links within the document.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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 http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2daaea605b---2227624731.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/vowolazavewumuxidefevan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96dc4cce9872a52723046862f217667d/84393058468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5a10a5ea989ebc1946e01937cb67461/31847978199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092eb19cccbf---tenaboxagugiguzizufugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834b76b9791---namuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnachip.cn/userfiles/file/20210514071214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/967c0149a938b7f2d0bb025b4842ae0b/lumofaguzajutowas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2greenchicks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27ccb3f57d1d52bcc89584c1d7398e49/15883519364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r5kv9epm8sqp280728d4nc9us6/2160297304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goodtraefarm.com/ckupload/files/vesinowefuwijer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bakirkoytemsilcisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736bfc92e42---22257187208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maidintown.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39f1c09990b8c56a946ba5c739ac236d/98877194978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.femregenx.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjvr9ko6b70qpf7jca7ls23acp/25849256739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nct-vn.com/userfiles/file/zoguxegaxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.platformliften.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f40a00b23b---39552856404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/18887287509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086d2c8e2429---49864224458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823f30055ef---78127775352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arerp.kr/data/file///53464870647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/854a343ddd232718f739e57f8dfaba80/pawipinowefufosola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160986809a5ee0---31501260704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audioclinica.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8blh2vuh4cnuefv8qp3pnmgc4/23060144671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpgny.com/userfiles/files/gijuzinutij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nestroots.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gkhrn2lphs9tsqsec0dhgnc6f5/nozonoxodatatawewag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce7d9b5df1---65077941698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=websites+made+with+laravelPDF 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_off0000fa68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA68 17396 bytes
SHA-256: 0734529f3b197650fb34270e9b14c2456cb68af0fc17afb1e3f19e8b1d1f31d4
font_01_sfnt_off000127ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013fe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FE1 10576 bytes
SHA-256: fb35cfa00d3c16a02936f60332bb829f8ef1ac3eb0b298eab9942a827fc7d2e5