Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 325e50e43db8b098…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.1 KB Created: 2021-09-07 13:26:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0ecae9347201e96cd33bf103b2ea169f SHA-1: d5cdb815d373995eaac007e2d2c9e3e22c50ef25 SHA-256: 325e50e43db8b0980119a477ea864276ab3bd8e938121c82e2df93440f5100f1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, likely serving as a lure for users to download further malicious content. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a callback phishing or tech-support scam pretext by prompting the user to call a phone number.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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 https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac567f32261---juvabe.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sheenabusesandcoaches.com/userfiles/file/jufufavawiwofevumef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://instalace-charvat.cz/userfiles/file/60328411779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contact-house.com/fckeditor/upload/file/61319138632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gospelpour100voix.com/fichiers/newsletter/file/73561206981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084be6dbbd78---71952720294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/fiwofokositamuvibawifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skonasystems.com/userfiles/file/31730950771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hephatha100.com/clients/4/45/452f9a9cd3514f90eb92b3b4734a1f1d/File/46763858964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f49da7b55a---25680986985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ferrocom-spb.ru/userfiles/files/sasujor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://navliecky.net/userfiles/file/gigex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161127e708052a---78969352008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161133eb28c441---72290763692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceddf9a7b6d---19913522953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://demirlermetal.com/resimler/files/fugikilelarazofanetotet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synerfreight.com/syner_upload/images/files/21802361301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/lewofevewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608573a1b0460---65058362429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cli-kh.com/uploads/files/202108240920541280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conexus-study-abroad-travel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/file/46311713365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a3a2e3e8c---26871989280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/9121681286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://connect.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77d30e1d40c8aec4a6bd671ed3ecd83b/gunibaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=disquisitiones+arithmeticae+pdf+italianoPDF 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_off0000d46f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD46F 21348 bytes
SHA-256: f196123f4ed14b90a6f6d780954047abdb6f50f12abdb940c6ca4ab50c067bbe
font_01_sfnt_off00010b5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B5D 11132 bytes
SHA-256: 3160a81f0f68c5140d40588f43434e698010ffcac07c1a070712985ef398a75c
font_02_sfnt_off000124f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1