Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 238b250a94b4d9f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 16:20:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: a66427eb93df62454c6a2d8da2e37c32 SHA-1: 2c16142b81450181ccfdaa92738875fd0ca5dfc9 SHA-256: 238b250a94b4d9f0611892b1e075fbb79a640f151d4fa31ce7575c52024f09b4
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to trick users into calling a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams and callback phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://dolmalatrek.com/userfiles/file/duwezofabeda.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/tejirobejofijap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/xisitotumobetipane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnotrefg.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1290e1f883---botuzuwukewinatevoziwugok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monuments-msk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bab8d393f4adf7544962e3ba9aa85e97/6437875895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sandalyecenneti.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c48pim8t5ojjofm6j24pbpebc5/sapuxojesidewizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moolans.com/uploads/files/xafotefowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jm202pm7mjjfgglk5ni0k4v5d8/likojikixotokem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rusepress.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/paseki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phsdcenter.com/temp/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23450733798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromacosmetics.bg/assets/userfiles/file/71466479029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/xipegigugabizofek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fuzazamilufupogiletogar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nano-vip.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37576444829.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18387164085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/33985633781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spiregene.com/image/files/20210731_151820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chongthamnguoc.vn/img/files/ruvigawapekewadup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elosc.com/upFile/file///ITX202107281056126357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/bidasufam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ce8804eac---lemelizimojemonosakudizaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prcomponents.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83003029345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91e722d59311a05aea3994f34040fead/vulatorafuwobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a54d5eeab8---monexuxejaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=job+vocabulary+worksheets+pdfPDF 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_off0000bddd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5F4 11108 bytes
SHA-256: d7dc8647e81794394d73faa055cff6b47b7a6c78abd95c52c66c14abe2366686
font_02_sfnt_off0000eff3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFF3 16944 bytes
SHA-256: 7d89f314705ad85c93c20f8d20a5eb8de065189d4c41ff872a7ba6eaca8952ff