Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1c54d8853a28be6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

125.7 KB Created: 2021-06-26 05:17:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9e92289d4fd7a7ef6dd54609a981d110 SHA-1: 0c57cdfc1158ae527d0fe0f07df675c595d22cd4 SHA-256: d1c54d8853a28be61fbb575dc55522675364b3e50553491075710df5b140322a
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 file functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites hosting further malicious PDFs, likely as part of a phishing or scam campaign. The presence of invoice-related language further supports a lure-based attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://covinahigh1980.com/clients/1/14/147ee80f0cf2e08ca1b5067d21485a43/File/26803163209.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.lamuccacompany.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4acf170f38cca4ec8d05946471564890/wefipin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/2211669893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquarell.ro/userfiles/file/gekogorirajidaduvutefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aklond.com/UploadFilesfile///2021050114050174.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaijzh9b.xn--90ae/documents/file/dibaxavamutajevudejedum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac50ee9bfc0---85068168980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/17512916101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8a53f20490---viviwudejubebetebutavanel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kindervakantieweekdeurne.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160793adb4276e---47777376256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ec34e6d99---28348330682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucphamchucnangmy.vn/uploads/files/8108766169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b372204e2c---galani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fotografoeventimilano.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96311352e9---20584515147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/35618600826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c52e9c3d9---pesafifibusajetidorege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092d5581443d---49386892013.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54540c874ce81a9ba389df3643df39dd/19388011033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3a221dab83---sagime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deconkhoemanh.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t6odpjihpnko2vmpraso5396u8/beguzegutepukex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masonhn.com/d/files/pezus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawpropertyconsultants.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d16mico2p8ldg3qrdl9vkid8ba/8687466185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607845478c6c1---begovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=adjectives+that+begin+with+an+aPDF 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_off00018cd2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18CD2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001a4e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A4E9 10784 bytes
SHA-256: 27995f26baf71f0f6f93630dfa853f14e12061d5ed8c66bb7784e8f8d8655202
font_02_sfnt_off0001bd80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BD80 16992 bytes
SHA-256: 3ce41e3e71b42dfd039b4e88a677b34ad3994225bcd39dc5ae1eebcb5109eb95