Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fdba8e43fe69e472…

MALICIOUS

PDF

135.6 KB Created: 2021-07-17 04:58:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b1e4ddeabcf4e555f23452f0b839183f SHA-1: 8a7ee27e2aa98677005fbc9aac2ac296fdd03a5f SHA-256: fdba8e43fe69e4720af809ef3b25236897ad14f265b63d9c4f67a10ca41e753a
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is a malicious PDF detected by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains multiple links to external resources, including one pointing to a compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' indicates the document body likely attempts to impersonate an invoice or payment request, further supporting a phishing or scam-related attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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 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 http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160715ae6b6971---13523660961.pdf
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c151b5a504---66202511691.pdf
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/116292343eb135c32a2b55803febd32a/14501207775.pdf
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/simowet.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/toducqv1nmpsmt71bnmihi8r8s/40916180376.pdf
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/bosuwitiwuwalapevotab.pdf
    • http://keralabiblesociety.com/fck_uploads/file/28208959851.pdf
    • http://coeb.eu/userfiles/files/gupagev.pdf
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/facd4ea2591c68d2dccc187a87b84cc5/rewexutujelasafosu.pdf
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608484663b7e9---tozukaleko.pdf
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3ef2d4a7a8---10416754988.pdf
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f78d7313289c3aa8bb17284a58cac67b/patitemowawesijaziferalaz.pdf
    • http://aimic.com/userfiles/file/3964363154.pdf
    • http://mnogonomerov.ru/uploads/file/kaniwebu.pdf
    • http://artistalexanderkanevskywinnerinternationalaward.com/clientMedia/file/76550611130.pdf
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-28/20210528180043673253.pdf
    • https://www.hdcorp.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i4n0j7hkppcnhq04bngp2d1co0/texasu.pdf
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ed7e3bb738---tetegas.pdf
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b647b5c545e---meguroluwiruwezuwe.pdf
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/gufifodexadejonakole.pdf
    • https://www.hediyevideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d08d18604---lebufegika.pdf
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae99fd79cd0---37232771183.pdf
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/vujefuduluw.pdf
    • http://eksan-ltd.com/userfiles/file/zopub.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=writ+of+commission
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001b62d.bin
5ca5915b75e75a7c57331bbac2d3bba607c7a0e660eabfda5d42403a0e3f67ed
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B62D 10152 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001ccde.bin
96031139ccd489e212aff5d207257cf3de83ab9fffb9ba3d14784a1e552c9c79
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CCDE 17108 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001f91e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1F91E 16792 bytes