Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 34538117462ec44c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-08-25 08:17:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 748b47c0d673b07dfecd0d8a5eb75f28 SHA-1: 3c0161e841fbc4eac2dc0f73f61133dab6bb6358 SHA-256: 34538117462ec44c1042707c54417a28934f49d7ca4a188938033ed3f892a801
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to websites hosted on compromised CMS platforms, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML flagging strongly suggests malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9894

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://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4hkabjcb2572e4cfrcfm6v2hhk/gafufokusijube.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://clarksville.net/wysiwygfiles/file/kuxaleneraxeguwaxuxogib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coachhouse.info/assets/file/baninu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5ac71b549d909d682917c2e2767674fe/27822266983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiyaslo.com/uploads/files/97993512095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/diditafatademitilawisedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad4121b6d6b---96982607054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/wowakidiminujisel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c6f8956e4d389c9380e977459567400/52882068107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ncstarim.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vh2e2siedgqtcdl6ti214tgn2/49495857181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasypartyentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a756f95f033---dojanuwilesigib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://philippinesroadshow.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70e995cd5d3127e72c2e0ab2ea8d59cb/9214513201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoseneca.com/userfiles/files/61046160393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bostonmentors.com/userfiles/file/misananezanusasin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/266fca49198efbad85907aa9165f5795/21590669606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meganimal.pt/site/upload/file/83509064642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhktn.at/images/content/files/10560096649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4ba069992---luwozimonuwadat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfcwestenkwartier.nl/beta/userfiles/file/53090987397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b37c2b792f359eae3c72cb19d98efd67/fakirodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ukmalayalamnews.com/userfiles/file/nazireba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e77a3f01f9f---mawuzadenolojawuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=final+decision+meaningPDF 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB29 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f340.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF340 10492 bytes
SHA-256: afeaf6710272bdd22d07ba727f542018e76818b60fa1f3f58bdd0bf990c0804c
font_02_sfnt_off00010abc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ABC 16060 bytes
SHA-256: 8bfc5e2f6383778b4716e60c732a7e5228106b692ca52c1f6b3c0b2892049825
font_03_sfnt_off00011fc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FC7 18080 bytes
SHA-256: 8201eb354c70a5441730b951c03dbaffd3f9b9957f249da501315be6f1e671ae
font_04_sfnt_off000154ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x154CA 17264 bytes
SHA-256: 403004b5e70c25b28d4089376f5a50531721a2902967643388fddeac7f090d04