Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f5d10af450aad8f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-01 18:20:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: e17b150fb52add9322f87c6569a94e9b SHA-1: ffea1ac9c3c4ab1ac2c8ac97075d1d19ba1cc2ef SHA-256: f5d10af450aad8f7af19723a12702033106044ec1b37a9c9e22294b9a29f283d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure and an invoice-themed lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9989

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 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.
  • 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://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/56853353510.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d31e6dcc6c3---86224737622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c87933c8b22---40174863128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c8f7beeef3---nasoroluxijilutojow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa9fa18ed52c71ae740e191894509d6a/80645262705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a37645b75e1---timepepewiteduniredome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uptownchantilly.com/uploads/files/9089774568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orderpoet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reruwolozojiwagew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/68724201768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bburago.info/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/goxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa79355e646---tuxivepizatur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b368dfb43---25868443740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnnycc.org/userfiles/file/46920125332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synthecinter.com/userfiles/files/83566887155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vocal.bpv.su/content/files/files/wawino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://electroagro.es/pub/files/31259208162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alaskaproauto.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/ladomifewiwuzaxesabate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msiutilities.biz/documents/nenerezokiwedabazegigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upbfassadenbau.com/upload/file/84513141425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089c8e1c0059---dadefasivapovakagonaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ashtralmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b133ea2f643---94332380990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef75b85f3d---81938135426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuovartea.eu/userfiles/files/38127142993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e030e1a93b2---tujujazupevulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=invoice+and+quotationPDF 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_off0000dbec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBEC 10312 bytes
SHA-256: 3ab32ed94204f3d3c8b754f889d78a9e2ad4bd9469a864e6ac8d8bb7afa56657
font_01_sfnt_off0000f30f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF30F 15956 bytes
SHA-256: 5b25cf59875cc2bf11e21bf14612d8acc587e0db60054cd4bfffe58be2c0d656
font_02_sfnt_off00011c48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1