Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 055fbb1931024114…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 04:09:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 492ce632d12060dcf774a49aa0fe9250 SHA-1: 7641a8010ba6c8f73dbc22730ce8aec11eec6471 SHA-256: 055fbb1931024114345e8f0d102bc67b44b96dffb54cc3a967fad42c0b021c0d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic further suggests a callback phishing or tech-support scam pretext, aiming to trick users into interacting further.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=haryana+domicile+offline+form+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086813431270---57009700089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fairway.cc/images/blog/file/93032692857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myjobcareer.net/userfiles/file/2021053109003173499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doctornhospital.com/banglanews24/editorsfiles/files/41544463479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://holdemigny.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xavebojezafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091a749ac3fc---wafobefatuxuzifokasini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cementfeet.com/userfiles/file/bataraw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072004e130fc---lonukusejotusawedulipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sg-design.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/00cbc0e6ffc91bfea59024e81b9c4780/gikowoxazokerararin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aksaaydinlatma.com/img/editor/image/file/vejiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/35970175870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/bobitubunikozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ecbc7b49f29b941860b9891a0981434/24937044640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/48077567762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a76d6f6063e6d4d917844b7df807d01a/26399407122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kindspring.org/inc/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95295352983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.webhisto.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bca8cd73152---55803112140.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vvk-wiedermann.at/userfiles/file/xodupuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fietenhaardenenkachels.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd1cbb63cf7---53385629445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/vipirak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-11/20210511185650575242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sellerflows.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f333abb4934e63a251425d4edab14a51/dubage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloodfaces.de/attachment/file/82165762925.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_off00010a38.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A38 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001224a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1224A 17868 bytes
SHA-256: e0cfb05d245f73a9b5cc26aa9c97844fa95928cdb2bf99b40c5814ac1db745ef
font_02_sfnt_off0001502d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1502D 10620 bytes
SHA-256: 322d595ab94f440ebd42b232132f1406a42528b07f6746e20bf488ac48d61063