Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 03828346309bec00…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-08-21 18:28:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-21
MD5: c9ce4487044c20b2788a7139a8fd75c7 SHA-1: bc8eaf748f9404e16ed67ada894d5f39b6c8ad20 SHA-256: 03828346309bec0015a9b2d4b5eefd3c6e3a54bc33568d822fa6e2d6515238ba
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm directing users to multiple URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a potential phishing or tech-support scam pretext, aiming to trick users into interacting further. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9940

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/238a8e7cc00dc9624203d19608efc644/81682305470.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://refour.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b01e18713f219f6db4d754de64a4b86b/dosozamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f1656aa227---jevutixamedijakudadazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abeess.com/userfiles/file/81810579081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wittnebel.dk/file/fofopebegigip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gw21.ch/uploads/userfiles/file/bofezalimowekubadetonolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb6fa8eaf5---rovivofogelovipokiwexir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/700165fbbaf93a639d655afe70e679d7/gefomurer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/lexod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blog.crowdly.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086a46c7975e---30284931327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611fe6a0b26fc---28535275126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafasolis.eu/userfiles/files/ruvojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gonganmi.com/userfiles/file/wujobubiwexilidusisiwegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbixanh.net/uploads/files/90208346289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/64027227062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084f63dc3d10---48227167579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5l7nc4h2ij69u6r3hlgpcctdrd/88475751875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhs1962.com/clients/b/b9/b967f936f519796c2a696a6ed1da67f9/File/40924899451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-swiss.com/upload/userfiles/file/xisenojebiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study4student.com/cache/fck_files/file/duwumureroxojasirefim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/768d3937a0b88f6b71716e0864046f73/23983556461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triosms.com/userfiles/file/lidexanosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k6ge2nbqa6ihhpmqaj4gn23h38/kalapokir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alasclub.gr/neuro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31642411496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=shadows+of+evil+easter+egg+solo+2020PDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ea9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA9A 17132 bytes
SHA-256: 66466088f269104e1dda310325560fbc52b7f7d26983d72f71f078bbf089e2f9
font_01_sfnt_off0001178f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1178F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012fa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12FA6 10996 bytes
SHA-256: cd9f291e8f3547e7588deaf35badcdd9fb2da6e52b6e34f940ed0042dde8444a
font_03_sfnt_off00014937.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14937 2020 bytes
SHA-256: 0cbb8b9fa1ca0205eb4695c26c4e86e0ddd779340a8f090eac6f85c162b7f75a