Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34099f99c7d25413…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.1 KB Created: 2021-08-19 06:16:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 52eca196a4727a93fdea320a72da667f SHA-1: e6c5af375b74218003b29faedad02ef58fe57898 SHA-256: 34099f99c7d25413651ca3caa352a1a4bacc1c08fc0785c8c8065ff549f13bfa
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests the document is designed to trick the user into calling a phone number, likely for a scam. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing campaign, potentially using compromised websites for hosting malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9934

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 http://ankurgroups.com/userfiles/file/55430200762.pdf
    • https://www.phoenixdentalacademy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aafee1a5c2c2a52740f37cfcd7dd23f8/50413769561.pdf
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079db3a8178c---womodamulerurefosilet.pdf
    • https://popcouncilinstitute.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/414ec4810d887fa5617a42f21fc98bec/lozutatugobejara.pdf
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/36061982690.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac114d323c4---32399696025.pdf
    • http://dfwarbitrator.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/worojif.pdf
    • https://www.baptistenhardenberg.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1284aa013a---85053183614.pdf
    • http://romanakladatelstvi.cz/userfiles/file/89311630144.pdf
    • https://girilawfirm.com/content_files/files/norifiwopukola.pdf
    • https://advancedbusiness.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/401f7a64c0c6a39913648cecb958cc45/tunevedukiketa.pdf
    • http://startmatbaa.com/userfiles/file/renikulopidi.pdf
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085cc339552b---79287754284.pdf
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a62c6b167b---limikaberemeb.pdf
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7e36ddac3d---1913608032.pdf
    • http://miwon.com.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/sigufubupe.pdf
    • http://cisseo.net/userfiles/files/31745993274.pdf
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b1b097ce269e25d1cbe8eff79dd54b7/kodenodawuniserisi.pdf
    • http://elesi.eu/fichiers/files/52629329841.pdf
    • https://southafricapools.com/contents//files/57656951746.pdf
    • http://giadinhlaurenso.org/upload/files/18166476581.pdf
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7h09siida8iafphu2kmcm0ar69/raxuwixapazimufanepib.pdf
    • http://www.mamafoundation.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepoxakumotuxitipufadob.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+bypass+samsung+j5+google+account+without+pc
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_003_off0000e700.bin
5a99cb72ff468043561e057487f21dd58ee5982c80139527a6927e6b0b209360
decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0xE700 21268 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010c37.bin
7a911ba3ca017d649a323683ca393eb5aea62f2a5f9a0d61c54c03be648a0bf1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C37 11416 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000126d4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126D4 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00013ee6.bin
129c76bcc77de8922d45652d4f8a1f9a33668a989022b530db1d50915981203d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EE6 18128 bytes