Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 17a46de04cdfbcd5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:05:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a9f026b8a6c41fbf76765143625e2b69 SHA-1: 8caf0bca4e4a7a0d1fa6f7679aa1d9d7e47e184f SHA-256: 17a46de04cdfbcd58bab7c613c5ab1d0ba6c96dbf31b4f7e0f37125948c3c274
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of urgency and callback lures further indicates a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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
  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pride+jazzy+select+6+owners+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f21b52bdd17---mobajakosutakexivubupaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1647009abd64325d1744700d4b83325/3787244663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/218765014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobistore.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/248991287c49982b1360785ad0ab6556/nuvodeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stadtbild-intervention.de/Quansis/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuwigirinumow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/68786199558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210510070834_1252723078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jockmurray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160778a5902f59---ratawetozuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b7e15a116---39668279355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kp-bs.ru/upload/files/rekofupefuginixuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.biz/files/files/pojulavokizufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://songhakbbq.com/uploads/files/miwep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///wokukipanel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highrise.pl/file/minofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce431f6c626---gobupubenusudafinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samuelben-horin.com/userfiles/file/begevimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba16eb6aab---zekefidekuduwuzopesufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designbeginnings.com/upload/file/defidabuzofidegatataru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bakoca.hu/files/file/rowilegixiziwasinovel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a3549415ba---90841641863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mn-lawfirm.com/box/userfiles/file/refeliropafum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/333a1fa39a8deb79419500f863f134ae/92661390158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shining4u.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84158bb49561db97f8ed03defcebd65/zuwiganagazewasosobeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dongytueduc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eui9smaeq5ji56a02490vkked4/29250947825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/71807620700.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_off0000fe37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE37 17992 bytes
SHA-256: 40e6f562c27188c0f53865a5c950d56974ab716e7f6bd4880a7ae3513443e87f
font_01_sfnt_off00012d0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D0C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014523.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14523 11188 bytes
SHA-256: 387bf9fcbd70bd62dae09eacb1b11e199ff9e3236b7ff91eb2ff83dfd221b892