Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 01539129ca685051…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 14:18:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: c708b3e08d98a584a1d22272f5a07bc3 SHA-1: ef6f56a76e7f00326b05b8e9b6377276f794326c SHA-256: 01539129ca685051c0966c5c4f7d3eae7eff688db368fb5fa2221dcf0f19d515
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns suggest a malicious document designed to lure users to potentially harmful sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pokemon+y+rom+hack+download PDF link annotation
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f06fc09e26---96411701916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400402a59b8---xezuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e296251dc8---mojazavulofovusojabobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vicotelecom.vn/static/source/images/file/42433851814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gdlejia.com/uploadfile/files/20210909_145020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.uniqueartzz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g950rq7e0etb6ua4e6hh7t3qf8/43986967522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profitaler.com/UserFiles/file/20108006396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141f261892dd---54555532813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paoladebenedetti.eu/userfiles/files/tibekanujokebewowuteket.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isvpro.com/custom/files/72303089336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orvositudasbazis.eu/images/upload/file/8149012477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fc-junajted.com/upload/datoteke/24193132116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foxhill101.com/userimages/fozibarajelobukezijofef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fishngrill.iorderfoods.com/uploads/files/34196829513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stemcellhairclinic.com/files/files/80898898796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosmopolitanhotel.eu/uploads/wysiwyg/files/55330405018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gloteckr.com/upload/editor/file/91487084897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kurek-rowery.pl/user_pict/file/74874215383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casadko.fr/userfiles/file/46802185636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sofahatinh.com/upload/files/61653886900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagostena.it/userfiles/files/31302077993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://didacostruzioni.it/userfiles/file/74244996588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614139f56085e---lazosodupirimali.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_off0000d859.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD859 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 400b56c35df3a23cdb3f1f4bb72fb4cdc6e330a06a9bc0de9680e4a13bcd224c
font_01_sfnt_off0000f054.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF054 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010866.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10866 18260 bytes
SHA-256: 161dc2f3eacc3b181fd56f03e76a24eb04bd6479ed0a313b41c70ecadd641da4

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