Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3008fbd3db0be9f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:58:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1e4042cb25a4c28be7a515b840e795e9 SHA-1: 4f026d3529b6a91e1c1be1811a9749df9f75a33f SHA-256: 3008fbd3db0be9f2dac8f9e1dadf57da764a69fc3db854476c3ea56d25c7da64
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The heuristics reveal it contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, with one URL specifically mentioning an 'employer accidentally overpaid me' lure. The presence of multiple embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites, likely for credential harvesting or further malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=employer+accidentally+overpaid+me
    • http://beijinghuojia.cn/userfiles/file/42806616300.pdf
    • http://lica-mpt.it/userfiles/files/rivedodofetomo.pdf
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/kixakunibudoruf.pdf
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kc4igb0c3nk9unmnpa9779ppr0/98247381866.pdf
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc7b7303a59---kefijawewotedipufuxasumo.pdf
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/57459130342.pdf
    • https://amenajarisiconstructii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607839cdeefe9---dozigijiwudofid.pdf
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kemeradiguzeg.pdf
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ggv9b5ht3ev95c7enjgebr7bfv/jirajilotibiguvuw.pdf
    • https://sipsib.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1cb5bc4e1f5762a3f9e114b143d911d/juvodaporuruwoz.pdf
    • https://travolution.travel/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8445530545486cacb5bb1387461b1904/15498930154.pdf
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/163d8a56b594897cc4933aa85eca15c2/90499204485.pdf
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1b6b0329bd---67261651610.pdf
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/84264215717.pdf
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38e23b3fb690d810b88ce371f685a3a0/zovuvupenelasuxoto.pdf
    • http://alanurturizm.com/rsm/files/bebujuluduf.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079de0384267---laxutupix.pdf
    • http://tumwebthailand.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86548743281.pdf
    • https://gwynharmon.com/home/gwyn/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewafijafokejusogu.pdf
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947c00160dd---vekiwabuf.pdf
    • https://locoffice.ru/userfiles/file/davoxebi.pdf
    • https://jdbailbonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fe31be9cdfc702cd62c44d88b91ab63/nobudabiwigigimoge.pdf
    • http://simonide.org/userfiles/file/32145479299.pdf
    • http://comp-art.ru/userfiles/file/87982228010.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d6b5.bin
721552983191d3e7a12c2f549a0c7394d515d8a74c4accb33b5b023b4451a754
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6B5 16860 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000102b1.bin
2f30935fbf0c850087907e20e4e2a74378eed1d019e5d4f1dab80c59456e89db
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102B1 10668 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011b1f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B1F 16792 bytes