Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e433e9af54ef67e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-07-25 20:45:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: b14981ac57cf71a0db302c5be1847a6f SHA-1: 27d26b7daae4764e9977c9c948bf749739b463b3 SHA-256: e433e9af54ef67e106b5608b12fa83444960546ab2f3fa13eff7e955300a637a
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness, with the PDF containing a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites. The heuristics suggest the document is designed as a lure, potentially for phishing or malware distribution, by presenting itself as a work permit application form and using urgency language. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs are the primary indicators of compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc115436b5fc1ec4a8a4ed23fc77441c/netatizosufujopuwevelu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcaaaa5be58f0e92e4209b824ee46ef3/75119679796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43df6003a608abfa2339fd646c279cd2/45401955473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac9933dd3f0---negikolebegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fasaac.org/temp//files/vifexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c156b9298f8---xuxefivezofizureturido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://casier-a-bouteilles.fr/file/posuwogilapawow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpmcfamilyreunion1968.com/clients/83891/File/51452245423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/kaxilitidivuvawiluwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb7aa48fdac23bffeb3a1c1694d91971/81665446591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b1c26281ce7e335cb05b116fd35072b/9612896417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101balkon.ru/upload/files/55828134486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/96346098356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltagroup.bg/uploads/file/pegazedejugis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vashadvokat82.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cebfc8110ebcf28280ceff7d883b3c6a/76169344220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toptoptraining.ru/img/upload/file/23526205093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5eb1745daf---wijusatubagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2ja9eiveifv78ksap9f88vu0o/fuzudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b333c7adcf---bowofawimiverowexiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922c010353c---28469120896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bolshunoff.ru/images/wysiwyg/file/pesojujokojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e5447260e---ziligoraded.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077f16e8dc14---21217428577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=malaysia+work+permit+application+form+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_off0000eea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEA8 11068 bytes
SHA-256: f51537324a159f5bc4aa975aac690b3d0f2384bbe35a16bc77e9d8b46dddb4c0
font_01_sfnt_off0001087f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1087F 16304 bytes
SHA-256: b5ea8991aeea4f969c14106642e7cf9d981dd8b1749e316756332496fbd4e3e2
font_02_sfnt_off000132a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1