Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 367bb2a87cdbac27…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 13:31:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: d9d46f53c048c4dbb78ed6579682e8d7 SHA-1: 6f2b6a6cbde1d28c55da45fd7d31ad8496f5311f SHA-256: 367bb2a87cdbac27e6d67f7d989cdd70b4dbfbf77ca0e39c26a93eae4081d550
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites, which is a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to exploit users by leading them to potentially harmful content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16100244e2e0bf---63867892530.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ee6603914e8---27302772981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/48150419962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautifulmoda.com/userfiles/files/11951998418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dpt-mh.com/uploads/news/files/39120315721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/wukutolizew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meechoktoolmart.com/user_img/files/43079038177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carneslaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/24959756445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://togetherwewalkny.org/clients/2/24/2411cc079aa0f0d7fd57f81c6163ecfd/File/59606993504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danies.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78670116583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/bupipadatawanitokeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccdc277699f379e4e9af08ece783f3d3/26053454524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiyoaquris.cn/upload/userfiles/files/20210610010020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-ex.net/userfiles/file/dekulidilag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c7acbefdc6---43839439786.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeon-dev.com/uploads//files/202108092256297823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reylab.com/userfiles/file/99588213004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://criteriacambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/iqi3a57m7fmp04jhmcls6dufb0/mebafera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61c214928fb8ab3bec333d21ad0c8eeb/risuvuwopadodipubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoybowlramenandpoke.com/uploads/files/purunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6778a902a7151ea1f17eaa7e472d250/8475287299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d3208f698---nowosukifozopulolodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosyromania.com/media/file/89695579577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/74722079288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baikalspring.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93921205194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/st45ik8g78v8s4d1m1raeli63j/55329279963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=diversity+in+living+organisms+class+9+important+questions+pdfPDF 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_off0000e0c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0C9 18552 bytes
SHA-256: 7fc5598a41a53566fb7462dfa7ec63f9a66ea353567b42779a73d8fd7a89ab49
font_01_sfnt_off00011075.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11075 11556 bytes
SHA-256: 91a0021b8f513e7dc01ea8a1c245ed8135bd75008b6c0025b7e9fb875369499e
font_02_sfnt_off00012b73.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B73 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1