Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8385149c7787149…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 20:59:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 14a972745ce777b2b9c3bd73434a74aa SHA-1: 80853a8fd57528e8c633f941a1a0773aab5cf69b SHA-256: f8385149c77871491002c0b1314a41a78c47e98bc779ede33d8307d5bc4ab1a6
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1566.002 Spearphishing Link

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing attempt. It impersonates Amazon and contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics strongly suggest a phishing attack vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=musculoskeletal+system+worksheets+activities.
  • 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.
  • 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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=musculoskeletal+system+worksheets+activities PDF link annotation
    • http://cbestdesign.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/91001073971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.axelendinggroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/020c24cfb2891d476e211b602e98af1f/buvagigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cvconstructionsgoa.com/pharma/admin/userfiles/file/biwiminorave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heldermusic.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mufafeligewixatugus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mintaialuminum.com/d/files/86019393776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamtaniketan.com/userfiles/file/guxewakufamoroluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nandomoraes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761506bd45d---47802702159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/76923961353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saikunghouse.hk/userfiles/34728376853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160815c141be3c---fexir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080ed4998e40---67245764567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://muzeumostrowiec.pl/obrazy/file/47601617072.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5c1a9ba0ed75a3295cd6df2711ed718/69303305683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef48f06b5f---91608004768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2957c6072f---57745496737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoulsquare.com/userfiles/file/2064096237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sir.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16110da3a0b1b6---zoritujagufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptekainternetowa.net/_mdm_apteki/file/vijuxelomusorifewesexol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52edea699202fc014dc7a39104d98711/kosepinuvipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083c3ac7f489---jatisizunapofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fundacionecla.org/resources/original/file/61967323091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9a8ade2bdf3b75ba2ca7a57d37222c33/ruririwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web5gstore.com/Files/files/27309797361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000de17.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE17 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 277d5da3f84819d1865f5755ae14f989c3c73368ad37202f3624bf9be97d02f6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f740.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF740 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010f52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F52 18088 bytes
SHA-256: b88edae4e200c7755a5aa0564ba2a7cbf8da110b089e875ca2300358aecee486