Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e4de919598cec8e4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-08-10 20:11:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 53638d462ee4bc333f4359745ed7675c SHA-1: b8d63836b3bfb586956cd17f6964641f2a1130ba SHA-256: e4de919598cec8e4a79e172ab34d2e70a9d2b693eae9cde4f103695c9ab8c71b
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress uploads, suggesting a link farm or distribution point. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely provides instructions and a password to decrypt a malicious archive, a common tactic for evading gateway security. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+citra+version+for+pokemon+ultra+sun PDF link annotation
    • https://lemanssrl.it/file/lobirizuvirogizeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070fc000a02a---gusoxijerus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grecosalesinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1699e7b6c7---28981780407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d87ee1f588---78054877029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9bd47165be---jotamivagumenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eim3qd8iiul44g1k4oopd2dr83/liketaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitydm.rs/slicice/file/zarexexutizegexomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/66868091093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0af4fda7b6---41185541060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8v071cic8432d2autn7klth7b/31074530327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hunting.kg/userfiles/file/43170433757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitebearlakeclassof1970.com/clients/0/05/05755deafc47004aae723e515cf08a6f/File/65191168292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/jorogutolebudit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/41961289838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vqpibp0b3ttsr0qakqts38hir/99950663620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yucekalipmakina.com/tsrm1/img/userfiles/file/93293495828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210730085344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariorigolon.eu/userfiles/files/61612456525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610bb7c77728e---90200273306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-18/20210718070844761464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070aedac55ad---falemadupomavidezivupeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a0513db3d---kotelumuxibuwodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pusancard.com/userData/board/file/jakenivegilipotutefenuli.pdfIn 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://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001080e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1080E 10952 bytes
SHA-256: 1f9ed705a50b782c106af128b644777f19318f89d7e5bad94d1b50e9db15579c
font_01_sfnt_off00012189.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12189 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013996.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13996 2924 bytes
SHA-256: 3ad744b5d568b0ef1a0ec52ac33e0368a921ec09ecd60406ba1f78f63b1a61ec
font_03_sfnt_off000145f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x145F6 19632 bytes
SHA-256: 2ace77f7333e79bca7754e2269001206c61d7c56cf8ce37776e94613180b3d1c