Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0911e47ede775757…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-06-28 18:17:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 47fe1c5bcfdd42b67ca3fd7200be78d7 SHA-1: 6cea024455ca82e1c928ec9a3d9dbf59715cd3ed SHA-256: 0911e47ede775757acbfe8a99761a113d38e8b2fe051ec19f1fbd2c0c3c8577f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and a machine learning classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, potentially leading to further malicious content or phishing attempts. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic specifically points to a callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern, where the user is prompted to call a phone number. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://www.idenet.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae0f2c5c028---ninav.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://challendor.com/fckeditor/upload/file/68064160548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detskeihriska.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/4510927781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salvatoredivilio.it/userfiles/file/wokexawudupazominozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarahscupcakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4944274d19---32711150665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160792f5c88788---lixovabip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9v7pdhs627e4gopg97r3vkdm1/68784025198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c82c30aeb---venevejitefup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szentimresiklos.hu/upload/file/buxiwavipafutad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf5dcf3b32419b8ed77da2c4c74faf65/migepegoxutivavubovizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/rodaxaxerevafuregep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608123b95f252---duwitagenatogojuveji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkwestresidences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091ebac20287---58925000550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eo5hdg47v42vbpaupb9l1c147/29355645487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekotop.eu/userfiles/file/rixuwefaxijavatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/jumerawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.realisthotel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089a1b82277f---37919722895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c12ca3421ac0d175a3ad2009c1cabe9/rerinaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://burgas-remonti.com/userfiles/file/70955784891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.westcountrystoves.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c84c4b8c94049eb95ed9461a0d99ace5/7306815731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://splogservice.ru/content/file/paxebugeribalojotebew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballstonfamilymedicine.com/clients/861402/File/1833144222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avenueroadadvertising.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4986eb0859---jetorurufusidirod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/tedixiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b09eea42275---dugiruwubidip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=holstein+calf+for+salePDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e310.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE310 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB22 17772 bytes
SHA-256: bfb4d778771e39934474611fcfaafc6f16c4ab0d47c1955b04b8418bacf19767
font_02_sfnt_off00012a52.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A52 10320 bytes
SHA-256: d7dc50d7059767f3e27ab1504624acb0f29019d3f23ee9749de7217e57633e55