Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 11b4facca519ac11…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-05 00:09:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 20e95f83c6ad0acf9dec3d52c0fba93e SHA-1: 17d3fb4127042221ab653411534c54a2addf200d SHA-256: 11b4facca519ac1152b9728d059fc41eb527a2e51223eb2322c9dea7966c75f2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is classified as malicious by ML models and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external URI links and the callback lure heuristic indicate a phishing attempt designed to trick users into initiating contact with the attacker.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://suvagcentr.ru/userfiles/files/9462190380.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://abwingsbuffalo.com/uploads/files/16783051866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f99467d7c3---56255982278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/175e25fbff23dda735ce92ded22d9a8f/3758645715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb2b1118e9---xakomutiwiluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gesundezellen.de/neu/userfiles/file/kelaranawakedolazixiviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakhoanhanai.com/images/files/11336425106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/46737939574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2062fc86d5---digujarugamedaposepilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowbali.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a95e6bbf3b---godubaganadode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a7f8cc43acae7d0142c215654f4c62e/70967058016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://codecs.roimages/file/kewafobinabokovopabinov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashmeredreams.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ab41e1c0c714031608ec668454ee992/71116746474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba5b497845a---72775686999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098a0cd2550e---72292084744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maspacientes.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a7n7m0b3qchttvjnmf0nle6cc/14282512489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qboardapp.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79e35ffc59570aeb3868154adb2ddf84/gineputokujarefajuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964787ec8f0---63397208426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingwrapcarspa.com/upload/files/18442588661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429171731935986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/defbbf7d818cafc75c15e1fa46012eae/71087981631.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cae1978c0ae---buladoponilakuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shrmivirtual.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f9cd07d924434a5fbf4bfa603a5d2b6/13075757784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gk2vpbgu0gtc3bj7egv20kuavg/befalawadivema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=ps+store+apkPDF link annotation
    • http://e1pl2.nazwa.pl/busy/fotki/file/20070049243.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_off0000f197.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF197 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000109a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A9 16860 bytes
SHA-256: 43d26d0bf577eece299fb0407c30705ba1be5da1c59093987bc8377434b2a265
font_02_sfnt_off00013589.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13589 10096 bytes
SHA-256: b2cd0523a74778003ae1bdf58ef7ea28dab9b51413dc02b158252263dbbb4893