Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dcd7acbcbb026155…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:03:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3fb0759237f12596d92016dac8b6a49f SHA-1: 1718866d1eeabf8c879e431ccdd7dfab3805ccb4 SHA-256: dcd7acbcbb026155abd2cd2e14f81a57c8fa6527d1b72ebc64d705372023bcac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of invoice and payment-related language reinforces the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611157dfc3e6c---xifulumepuxevakigali.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160963d4d58d31---51866984036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/94tpkln65piauleckq7oei23pv/mutirutexazilisenerego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/69724499404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getvisa.ru/images/File/sujironegaxeroxuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijinghuojia.cn/userfiles/file/wifozakufugotejotafu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jeanmarcrobion.fr/userfiles/file/sanabiwetopep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fbe417cfd63---82485675896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://predit.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38049711223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dialogueinpraxis.net/files/docs/totubasifiwodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/875a5fde1f09e46cd772c11d3590c98c/26314162054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petribax.nl/userfiles/file/96888542262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fcf250651---32638805167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cinstech-inspect-survey.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/dotenowowewisomusugogumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff3b5f42ea5775f2e0b60717a4e0b892/22621564891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sriagasthiyarastro.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/40452311594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontime-taxi.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d650b21ee641254d3904860a205c8212/paralivinitobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gardenofsound.com/userfiles/files/wevugusetevadilisup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musiconthebay.org/clients/2/26/269dd5bc96e197da989a8dccc71442af/File/jemam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://take114.kr/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210729_4A5B44494AC92F41.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3d99802505973548de1f73351987490/gogojudisajibupaxeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f61dc05b7---69174590370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://esistore.com/userfiles/file/10624256267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ce67346e47---88114197111.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotarent.tw/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210617_5CD79A00B5AAFB2E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/valax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=purchase+requisition+format+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_off0000d7d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7D7 17496 bytes
SHA-256: aae6cb6324bef6be1fab71421087a0b7704610faf34ddaeb63a57635dd0df0c0
font_01_sfnt_off00010572.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10572 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011d89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D89 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 563e4d0cf624caf1fa71e317ba36dfb9fbfa6f0727138a739a08308eaaad1857