Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f684e6288538877c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 09:32:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 8f94a81952b4012a8e0ec2efca9db083 SHA-1: 51e49d2b92634370164b2a55e60110c5cf9ad8dd SHA-256: f684e6288538877cbdf793740e381f0048d8ed01cc88ce5a4b6973e26b83d563
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. It contains a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which appear to be compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute malicious content. The presence of invoice and download lure heuristics further supports a phishing or social engineering attack vector.

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 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
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://laiksmodalux.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/pajufozejivitu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f34a7cce0a---57617009800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62819kjpsvikoglt4bcgqosvfd/1327327665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veszpremkosar.hu/_user/file/vowefunalukofepan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowlingkillers.com/imgdb/files/pevuzivuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chukguwang.com/files/fckeditor/file/39600673452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/90392382723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recruiters-zone.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d9bd3c466d---pugazidefenemirizubine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharajohnscreek.com/sites/default/files/file/weliregunak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/sidolesometigifakirolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03232f08e83022a1f6222e35a4fd1358/84008953909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/73823502326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songpinhao.com/userfiles/files/xeropazitadefajinex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samoinstitute.mn/uploads/assets/file/55924803979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8fa1c1730---75669822847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://modern-pro.ru/files/file/7471126047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/285eb93dbbfba766ebb3eebf0986e846/55847364601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agnieszkapawlik.com/userfiles/file/tukewevus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b8b0c836c---xitogog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e85d84a76ea---66072111671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressac.com/userfiles/file/99061246693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edsmithestate.com/clients/8/8f/8fcea3baa00381bb68ca4dcda22eb4c7/File/53117486002.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aba24b61480---89636811588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=debit+note+gst+format+pdfPDF 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_off0000d5d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000edea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDEA 10936 bytes
SHA-256: c70249b5c8fac955a254b45c0bc954449712e52f8245c0c8244b64e828cf0dbf
font_02_sfnt_off000106d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106D4 17140 bytes
SHA-256: 708a23501426c1908e6a19089f88db938f441cdf694e65cfb1ccc465936722f0