Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ed372040ce2298ee…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 03:03:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: dfdfb99e905a2e0c36fe441d78bbe967 SHA-1: db5db275d1c07ddb960649093e6d85a6658b0d1f SHA-256: ed372040ce2298ee1e96f221d3c288e5282116aa3583c9edb97a1af558a63d5d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains heuristics indicating it is a phishing lure, directing users to external websites. Several URLs point to compromised WordPress installations, suggesting a pattern of hosting malicious documents on potentially compromised infrastructure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver further malware or phishing content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9806

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 https://huntic.ru/uplcv?utm_term=izettle+reader+2+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uv0kv916sc0k77uhiiqtf9h1ki/benifegokixorenunumuviju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpn1971.org/clients/a/a2/a25689677492d603657f1241a2a69ea8/File/gigajeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eoluk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cuuq5h0n3qj2t1fme9cc5sjhnk/balumupadotigapizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/71147917974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dulichtantai.com/files/uploaded/files/fedetukebibabenemisumar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://istrouma1971.com/clients/9/9b/9b88b062b8d6af44b28e209fcb06d7d5/File/gasaguzekogaletubigid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikunjfoundation.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buxil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boatmonies.com/uploads/files/liketukolajobujejewemod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ms01bet.net/contents//files/3587396501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7281586330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://change4best.ru/upload/file/1456517724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/47513375819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/data/editor/file/16594392053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://landlorddebtadvisory.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5vmgtlj478c8kocm6fgtpldb0/86237069916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/851c124307d25c160205d1dd707f3d60/15860155109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/17033094986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.louthadventures.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607941ca677c0---54948557376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://payassistinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d23ae0f18a---17917115486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac92372227---45609628482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gruppopolidori.com/upload/image/file/94486085827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mygotour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210607_A30BF1C5BA19C470.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/62143561407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanilkwanla.com/uploads/files/88621647401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klimatyzacjaradom.pl/userfiles/file/51559242115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sosnovgeo.ru/userfiles/file/sogisawekufigonat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://15fratrowreunion.com/clients/2/2b/2b18ccadde375fd95e9ac2d5db5aaa67/File/tenoloburukegikolube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palazzodiaz.com/userfiles/files/66873068121.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000103af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103AF 18300 bytes
SHA-256: 851dbae91a2467745d026cc245d1ec042a3c02103f9a2851959f90637d7b5078
font_01_sfnt_off0001334f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1334F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014b66.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B66 10260 bytes
SHA-256: 9b250935d8063cc9a68cc866002ccd310cc2aff08d599fe663b1bb7002b23a73