Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d2f34bf4548050a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-05 12:10:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: cf956a40a1ceef2417afc18ab2c175f9 SHA-1: 2296d69bcd9ff3e41bde579becad8eb6686affb1 SHA-256: d2f34bf4548050a72870628841f246c159eca212c33d1c492e838b34a4f4f378
180 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses an invoice-themed lure and an urgency-based lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://xn--9p4b29dncp2cc6y.net/upload/fckeditor/file/39929710434.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e57097b365---zawederewedazonekaned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getem.eu/files/file/xozipakuzusijoxarowep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingsolutionsinc.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be072d8c9cd559eadb0dad479352334d/watefoxezexezuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettosbaffo.com/userfiles/files/85917401040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3132893c1e21c86b522c2553a58080db/748902555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citytrafik.nu/images/file/makenekobetij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veraschwemmle.de/fckdata/file/36045062214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitebyside.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87c5c3da1e715bec6b38f54312c9174d/nadukaxexupozagixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aslplastic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74069433331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c993611de48---fezedaguvagebilalogeber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esteticarcare.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/770d6fc7b197160de1ed402ba24568f6/70246238180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bronia.org/userfiles/file/kanalepewome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gbeequestriansurfaces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0u7fmjce60i6a3mv4tmsvmhifn/42457225835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rsun.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82652738460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d00980b763---tobumirasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://topclassgreenery.nl/images/file/jijevobezulaxunurixaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metabolit.ru/files/file/81649173166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futefewuvuzupex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c9cc2a52a---48099890329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607865091382f---votafever.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/minuweriwodexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rheinmotel.com/userfiles/file/29783850677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivankotov.ru/img/lib/file/kamejez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strap.sk/uploads/files/panelalitufalunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mnnljsjdu72nu7vlkgoop52h65/71645097181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=accounting+cycle+example+problems+pdfPDF 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_off0000f7a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A1 17820 bytes
SHA-256: 2038457f08424e6c918260b231a77a6c51d55cfe3e03c166b0a9e481994f90d1
font_01_sfnt_off00012572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12572 11400 bytes
SHA-256: 25769ae897f1217f4bf08a8c0a3d02ceebc1254f2d6b6dafd6acde41d268ab13
font_02_sfnt_off00014000.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14000 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1