Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 042a45322f384f15…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.6 KB Created: 2021-09-11 10:04:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: a3c020f108057fbce917f9ad6c2be560 SHA-1: 67331c4e01e70d2ff8ec9891eb2d7ad8e707824c SHA-256: 042a45322f384f15374c2f85fe27a42236fa36848610d8a370213c789cb60973
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'PDF_IMAGE_LURE' indicates the document likely uses a screenshot to hide clickable elements, further supporting a phishing or malware distribution scheme.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=360+security+apk+2016 PDF link annotation
    • http://wpklaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nabejizozijafobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galantemontagnana.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mebazujuvuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinorarechem.com/upload/files/92361733883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130fadb816e1---40956205896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myesen.life/userfiles/file/83548533209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613394ca55cb5---bazup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orderkai.com/uploads/files/dibarawezonafujoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indiachristian.org/uploads/files/pezale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietrocknet.org/app/webroot/img/files/vifeludumevaxaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c9afc4241---sokopoxosemid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pixel-pro.ru/upload/file/rexeminunesuzezakirol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairvoyantinfotech.com/demo/images/86615520206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cjsc.se/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57073443885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockeit.com/userfiles/file/talokebufemevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://njshore.drinkpoint.com/uploads/files/51789426135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turnwealthy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fenegogiwilomut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lalicorne-hotel.com/userfiles/file/gunefen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130113e3d603---nelibixalewiwerax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baodieptailor.com/uploads/2021-09-01/images/files/safikinuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tjp2-hotlink-j3t.com/contents/files/40826098784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://behbehaniprojects.com/uploads/files/berukaxiwexofem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solener.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepopufikuvoniraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tce.vn/imagesflashupload/file/jezaxulezokipoden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161390dcb206c8---11592554866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asiacoservice.com/file/files/29860233546.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_off0000b46e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB46E 10940 bytes
SHA-256: bc9e3a438aa1bcd208f99aaa6626bdbf1f9d138da4155df5d865884cc9175dbb
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e625.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE625 13988 bytes
SHA-256: 2b1fd8a8346ff62ba1c1673d107a8380b10504649994ef533521d688a55a2860