Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3239060c3ebac1b7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 18:19:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 332f1ec795e3b96180eae5fa56b6df82 SHA-1: 06c2fc2df6ac3a97f737f432eae356b979139049 SHA-256: 3239060c3ebac1b7e32f5f5109b5dcdaa9e024605ee2ec1db9090b3aae56a597
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains multiple embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or are part of link farms on disposable hosting. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' suggests a callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+video+to+android+phone
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136061cd3564---14594770022.pdf
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/23656913334.pdf
    • https://atlaskvartir.ua/data/uploads/files/69942545949.pdf
    • http://nieruchomosci-swidnica.pl/userfiles/file/87579054087.pdf
    • https://banderlogclub.ru/Files/file/xoloko.pdf
    • http://tygodnikzuzlowy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/menov.pdf
    • http://yeongwonenc.com/userfiles/file/mubivumosagi.pdf
    • http://staractivecollection.com/resimler/site/files/nefafilekewexapofo.pdf
    • https://winstar-tools.com/UserFiles/editor/file/ratugotomu.pdf
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///1989664324.pdf
    • https://hamayeshniroo.com/shop/file/wepanexemuferolemimanave.pdf
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f8a3e45dfb---kisesetorexamudatikazisi.pdf
    • http://lambanghieuquangcaogiare.net/vietkiendo/upload/file/51105462065.pdf
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136cec32c36d---82731926956.pdf
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/671a4c4b23129e61c0e35639d3811a23/49623871471.pdf
    • https://tasleemdubai.com/userfiles/files/29933563304.pdf
    • https://rachelrom.com/rescontent/file/1114737162.pdf
    • http://permanentnimakeup-brno.cz/userfiles/files/sepuwusodetoropawisuwijo.pdf
    • http://trovas.com/userimages/44676469532.pdf
    • http://intranet.uts.edu.co/portal/app/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kalov.pdf
    • http://psn-monolit.ru/img_file/files/gukodebazipi.pdf
    • https://netron.pt/app/webroot/media/files/31301129690.pdf
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24756506357.pdf
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/dunukaxiwusipipip.pdf
    • http://cp-1.ru/userfiles/files/pigabusorudekuramami.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_off0000baee.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAEE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000d305.bin
c7a8f0abfbce89522aa12c538ad2b73f2f5a4699f69438207843542f064e957c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD305 10476 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000eab6.bin
5fe562442dc4afc31f8a70be64387ffc425ae494ea27f4d74cd74eb34e80cca1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAB6 15224 bytes