Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ea5ec2d268d7ede4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-08-14 10:23:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dcb96e516081f7cde983e9d39486076e SHA-1: 019387790093cd8361825a3514a04b63ccc130ec SHA-256: ea5ec2d268d7ede46c37f9d1dcadc0a177192dac7e1df9a7256ed8c4a4d5998b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to mimic an invoice or payment request, further supporting a phishing attack vector. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://btfa.tw/upload/files/50573335786.pdf
    • https://autotrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3603a5894a61c98f21f8988a5860046d/gurubigikumirala.pdf
    • http://gwardiajuvenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/58783658603.pdf
    • https://rrvchefs.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28ec2ddcc55b04c2bfb506d6139a678f/bewil.pdf
    • http://anhbanglaw.com/userfiles/file/sufev.pdf
    • http://huefpdf.org/upload/file/19525407704.pdf
    • http://commissioncollectionlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nupogezumavofetagime.pdf
    • http://le-lemniscus-incandescent.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/73338231004.pdf
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b3df1343a942be729baf04655f3cd1b/sowukedalo.pdf
    • http://www.peopleoftheheath.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a1996d267---tapuwija.pdf
    • http://dynamic1984.com/user_file/file/67667190509.pdf
    • http://starwindows.ie/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotowupekunenenobubek.pdf
    • http://www.anjhimayath.com/upload/file/54761561404.pdf
    • https://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac05385b350---50067407792.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4863764168312db8017570ddf8d3f5a2/34380764685.pdf
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28f74310282452bfcf8b32c146ad102f/3831618075.pdf
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/91364266348.pdf
    • http://milwaukee.center/userfiles/file/45667016602.pdf
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a38d45eeb1c---dipukugobopov.pdf
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6757bdb3d384d4b6c405497e20da2110/titipipubaf.pdf
    • https://thewaves.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/n1ouvh5u5jg5vhl3jd5jiast4n/junawifozufurazomolupi.pdf
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de5a908b0a---69107626830.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=barangay+clearance+requirements+for+construction
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f454.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF454 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c65.bin
5c13cceb9d36bbc2bc20aea0fe1d16ac5c722eae827defaa6d249ccd2c25c082
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C65 16160 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000121e9.bin
c6b89eb8dd2f2e1c5f1a38280d86809ecccec224c2549e3d1a3403a3be0aeff2
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121E9 17352 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00014f45.bin
ad329827eae8c41f185dc47e8954299d226648e23124b14e79164e01b6d6cb82
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F45 11092 bytes