Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6b4291385b913c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

106.3 KB Created: 2021-06-20 10:31:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 60f3784afb7ef5d4ad22df030be89c69 SHA-1: 922d4d8b63c0f28f8fe3e2ab6e91109c8aab4ba5 SHA-256: d6b4291385b913c31f5fb3d2c0ff179c6607e045bf020a3f75ee11d1c295bddf
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains multiple links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of 'invoice' and 'compliance report' language, combined with the external links, indicates a lure to trick users into clicking and potentially downloading a malicious payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9997

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://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=nyc+icap+mwbe+compliance+report PDF link annotation
    • https://www.rath-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160810a5ff01f4---25189545971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file/%5C/6401309450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/bamemaxafubowude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.morenoroofing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160752c3902536---74628158590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fafe86c58c02a37fe54af9993c87e3d3/ruwijiragam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://php-lounge.de/userfiles/file/bikajepakawozupeduvikimur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d2d6a5fcf0---masekixadavisexajoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa3e990c939e872cab11c4a39cb63a4e/29517886907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellsazshihtzu.com/clients/878694/File/76838069008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kovacsoltvaskerites.hu/images/file/jufifumam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e67459f904d1e6189f3b2184148c5787/91266097925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mclarenpress.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160763d030a61b---2787714463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----dtbsgbucafmmaf.xn--p1ai/servimages/editor/files/lebomuvarevenopujawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azizolace.cz/images/file/rugepuzasaranupemojanutox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yssnewlessons.org/UserFilesTwo/file/funulibevijidaxudezowoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn 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_off000144fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x144FE 5204 bytes
SHA-256: 91962479bd458ccc067d8592c7e1416407260dc3bf8310c029f7173038f90d03
font_01_sfnt_off000156ba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156BA 12480 bytes
SHA-256: 858c69397de6ca194848e1a040dbbe433ff29b21195fad3e3cc814446c82c496
font_02_sfnt_off000180df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x180DF 18112 bytes
SHA-256: 151771ba8dd60bfdd5fba30dc951182b2479cf84e29ad1d624867623e901ee0a