Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4bde64326a0ac79…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-26 04:48:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-18
MD5: e03e7d1c829e19ab5e87e8128fcfea31 SHA-1: cbd8e0fa06aa784a1e373185f7873337660050b8 SHA-256: f4bde64326a0ac79f0428bf14dcd14de12ddf5c3f0a53b900bc7b8eadcbea2f4
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to trick the user into taking an action, likely related to payment or an invoice. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://engravestone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160801aabcdae8---95156315593.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://helicopterleasingservices.com/userfiles/files/xalulupasafifanoxazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariacittadivignola.com/userfiles/files/43488193856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9slv0s9bhm2cc7tsbq5a5dgn4p/tulipepid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0t4e8f46gm3ipno0ops05g6grc/57045930260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sns.hu/_user/file/nupapoxinofiduvorafebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd422c4b1f---36015426117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c4fdd2cee---zujaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0452179672---bofajogosak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensionatiitalianiinportogallo.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7eab56a378305739bdb2b648d130a6f/4119845457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuga-hotel.com/CKEdit/upload/files/41737771890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lebedosapartotel.com/data/yukle/files/tebijilomawetosexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benardoutlite.com/admin/fckeditor/fckdata/file/ginufuzal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatlekhanh.com/Images_upload/files/40285103085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haenuri.net/ckupload/files/4196768087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ed6365ab924053f2151137d678a0f26/42891826259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agama-rc.com/upload/files/90703364400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jesuseslaroca.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d564fd9ec8---96973517878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.com/contents//files/60681582018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/zigemovulaxomizetumani.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenue102.com/uploads/file/mamuxisaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhiminhhien.com/media/ftp/file/50637275896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4010bba48f---lawawoguludabevoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/6763713828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=favour+meaning+tamilPDF 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_off0000efb7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFB7 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 05eda8371ce67d209dcf5ac37c0c37569f9570b44ca814562a78d8dbe307736a
font_01_sfnt_off0001074f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1074F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011f61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F61 16584 bytes
SHA-256: ec2f184939d29ddefb91d1f6273a3f51a604aa720b8abe3d43b605e01f2ce2d5