Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f6739d489dae4d2d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-08-02 12:21:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 53b76c7face7f80cca908d49f577ac17 SHA-1: 4d22c6c8729b3175bd9b48799c5799bd08f4b2ad SHA-256: f6739d489dae4d2d2cd81a3c04123633e2230530a39b41720e8084fe0f541fa1
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded links and the 'Fake invoice / payment lure' heuristic suggest the document is designed to trick users into clicking malicious URLs, potentially leading to credential theft or malware download.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://roocenter.ru/upload/file/72529551342.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sgpeo.pl/users//file/fujomizevumefijomalujufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afc8a9bb290---73586384660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/ramulujiwumuvetuvezogam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/6412574428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/xifogepirap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160face4477568---sabakatutowawopotexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/53575592650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.azembay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0so0hppjagcu7bapktgju8rmpq/29555312914.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a71c7e9f698c6cc4c3ec1fee644d256/gagolojuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matkinhantai.com/luutru/files/64971187010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/kigofuzokamogope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b978ec0f04---23593012147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiyuchangdi.com/upload_files/files/20210719_161110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bjjewels.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/palobife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6q0m01nclbkkm2fverc5jtk413/vokusapozanuvosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakif2a3azdub.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73156125861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orourkelawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/lavasedoxaxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a842afa826b---79643197044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e291c35a9---82877091732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/71fe7ee99bd78225929021b3f85b2836/72171408760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d609b08b888---85722734063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13508878543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5d9b0cff60---kekedexifaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=kamyab+jawan+program+loan+apply+online+pakistanPDF 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_off0000e83f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE83F 17416 bytes
SHA-256: 6a768604a70d5303bd8ee201ec869fc6f8cd033c9fc3fb8cb30bb054280693db
font_01_sfnt_off00011600.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11600 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012e17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E17 11148 bytes
SHA-256: fb9e29d594e98b8d462393c5267d500c6d07280fcf976500e6b4cee6407cee92