Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 35ce893ffc25236d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:32:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 9772e06fc3052d51213c04f97cc77853 SHA-1: d1e5311f87aa2b01ec749a92b551abdfbb3714c0 SHA-256: 35ce893ffc25236d0d9a8473db6aa5f75784522652685f813ada1d3a4ae82a19
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The presence of a "SE_CALLBACK_LURE" heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number under the guise of resolving an issue, a common tactic for financial fraud or credential theft.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=quarantine+food+delivery+near+me PDF link annotation
    • http://omniatel.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db93ce2ba2---16046526360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megat.pl/uploaded/fck_files/file/42314350984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8d21817ea97ab07e26efef4c9a2f8ce/wareja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6van32hjli5p32jbqkqft42kah/80318569422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://premiumresourcing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609696fe60160---23665206051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813421665c7---58207135606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laxmigrouppune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3c676c65fd8a27f945c9a204ac90e45e/25911374573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606dfe44d0691---xutafusogisegaredelegatel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://traiteur-ribot.fr/userfiles/file/57355817875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mid-europe-ex.com/44629776226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slowjamsundays.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42e4e0e888---38730706411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be67b382229---mojuxojulebiboloxorezuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ewhamd.net/upFiles/ckeditor/files/gerekob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/zitobasagilujorojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a57f17c452c---5168464677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orhs89reunion.com/clients/77823/File/nafet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://creativeindustries.ru/uploads/userfiles/file/21115452744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversified-nj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2284802de10241cecc44e82a8689ad26/89085520178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5f07dd419---47300620634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amenagementsoleil.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0837134d00---35148742462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jnafarms.com/clients/864068/File/nidunav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b917a304d---5400931539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/72721271416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f490.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF490 10684 bytes
SHA-256: df62b9940936f25964bcc841e6ba7652018f21648395f9c2238d27e9203502fb
font_01_sfnt_off00010d22.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D22 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012534.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12534 17352 bytes
SHA-256: e5670c01907d8ad7b969eb5c4a5dcbc1da9f856444bb9607d9a558038bb38bb6