Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0b137c5dc6028322…

MALICIOUS

PDF

119.6 KB Created: 2021-06-28 10:58:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 8c3604df3248ca9090870a27368811b0 SHA-1: a00e55f96298c80e72c917906785d7f6b3af3f00 SHA-256: 0b137c5dc6028322ceadd0b8c29ea04626d4436f37d04e8bec6a03be994eccb8
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including links to compromised WordPress sites and a raw IP address, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The presence of a 'download button' lure and instructions for a password-protected archive further support this, indicating the document aims to trick users into downloading a secondary payload. ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9921

Heuristics 10

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://foto-klub.dk/userfiles/file/59276120912.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://steelbo.com/uploads/admins/u0/files/20210529203827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhlongan.com/upload/files/81961640540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajp2.com/contents//files/ganifububegorupalimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cec30566a2221e511962ecd706192b4/90043184275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nenkin-t.com/upload_img/ck/files/58988503049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c69eb16cfe---41881361477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adveotec.com/img/file/12088017622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/legosebazurefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5410404d3d---rixad.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://musorcentrum.hu/files/article/file/jesutawitako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6d3ac5ea20---59266394742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b61480246c9---wekirofarodaxuzerojadub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9edd706582615bceb572569063955dc/3823238458.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivaco.it/file/94980639151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pudoxigikabuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mientrungpetrohotel.com/users/files/22562541046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d68026fafc---96513466931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c60528f525---86789460835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shsclassof1959.com/clients/a/a7/a7a82b2a6025f7fafce5d77be70bf845/File/razugamefofejojomirikir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irths.com/upload_files/files/81245335481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/rerizotasolivif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=staad+pro+software+free+download+with+crackPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00013ce6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CE6 8792 bytes
SHA-256: 56ae4222a47fefb859f9b3d81321b3849919404445ae4e8afb9d00503cd40bad
font_01_sfnt_off00015949.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15949 1236 bytes
SHA-256: 026f8492edc499c4da439c5ad2154bbec1ad0d06e25fefc44630a1eef4c14acd
font_02_sfnt_off00016075.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16075 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001788c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1788C 10968 bytes
SHA-256: 286bd03ec0e236304d1a7d6a901b70c549ee922bd539fda07a1f41f1a08a904c
font_04_sfnt_off000191ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x191EF 24280 bytes
SHA-256: 73885b0a5bed9b82b8c882c41b39f33bc3514e07b0cfced30ea7cc7dc5ffef0d