Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f464151f1446a193…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.9 KB Created: 2021-09-06 03:35:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: eea638f8f32354f4c093ba44ace70e45 SHA-1: cd1a991d4c00695fc9a58149c56d867a5e3fa861 SHA-256: f464151f1446a1931efd2a56dd94ab9fb9398088886c5eb1bfbc53970ee549ff
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, specifically referencing invoices and security notifications. It contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the download of a second-stage payload via the embedded URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=gst+rcm+on+security+services+notification+pdf
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7a28e24d09---21696589634.pdf
    • https://oknoplus-omsk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89551936b0e24d931939d75438957d04/52648412789.pdf
    • http://crm333.com/documentos/file/15361088852.pdf
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757fb912d41---57620306631.pdf
    • https://grand-forge.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99e559d50b12dee36c9c2730f8ef8bf1/52618210340.pdf
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/rapawurazuvoxexojitotaz.pdf
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d998372a1d7---mitoxovuzuj.pdf
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/fibirekedelokefepafowi.pdf
    • http://pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nefoximejojulobofidi.pdf
    • https://sunsoftinfoway.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26398468541.pdf
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161353b6b1637d---lilowufededo.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rl0pud2jtd0cgt92idnt5nhsnc/ridurilupovesurig.pdf
    • https://www.c2commercial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d0dc453811dc9700975f45b16808700/mewegerakabu.pdf
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16123677a7a78a---najenexaleroguritikabuma.pdf
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r66uaum06279gpqdq38bp6rm36/63150848645.pdf
    • http://svenstavik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eed04bfafc---64525586490.pdf
    • http://veterinariogiardinelli.it/userfiles/files/37230618414.pdf
    • http://needychild.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuladixupunivanilitetofo.pdf
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed77d3gtltaaja87cnr5dk39t2/81945321225.pdf
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lbpagr5kpfdv8al8310m80vpo4/24026082611.pdf
    • https://okna-kursk.ru/page_edit/_samples/userfiles/files/lewofutalivuriwozumiv.pdf
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbda.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBDA 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3ec.bin
345688a1efc9ccf1acbe0523105e5f95eaf88022e49e704a5802b5d88f99fbac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3EC 18396 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012441.bin
3bee1be47e825f67f8d483c7289cdd25fdb4aab9a18619e0bac14b320201d881
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12441 11052 bytes