Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 379a6861b5808a4c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-03 13:35:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: ab07c65f65f2f1c05670f6b0742e57cc SHA-1: 6efe324ba57f387f8ab68b32c6c33d181c042b56 SHA-256: 379a6861b5808a4c1adcf9fa9c4a8521cb73c7dc3c1f060c4fe05a80a050a991
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous links to compromised websites suggests an attempt to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' further suggests a phishing or tech-support scam pretext, aiming to trick users into interacting with the document or its links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cad32274379---79141534103.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095838799d46---8606209596.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://getlovebooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3571aae92db4f9ac83c586a62a2a7c5/lajezefofunebafuwafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h7mfiuvgq3kp5m9gei6abafh2o/16265985463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kperrylaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jamubufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7232722c594b5739f9646dd9339f8d85/weboguwonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cocvn89n9cbb1f2vogitgur70/kesel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northstarexecutivesearch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aa61822c630242ba64c5eb16e0d9eda/tupoxit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ppuhperspektywa.pl/files/edytor/file/12304148363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabaizhongxue.com/upload_fck/file/2021-6-4/20210604223755287419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babamoleskine.com/files/file/83353698836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff1605bbea---79752965494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1137.jp/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/goxubinasafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwrosedale.com/uploads/files/8192326948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2769f70daa27c607914b562069ff0be/sexalobolituxig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jairdefreitas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xipuxoziravepege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onsijsselstein.nl/userfiles/files/sukobodolapusoremo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookkorea.net/userfiles/file/71561761359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://manualismedicina.hu/fileok/file/xiloribefewuzobikonidizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbcf55c98e---bojeloniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hujiangsy.com/upload/files/bofuvuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sadrainsurance.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/nudepitupaminawera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bi-acaovo.com/upload/files/11046935761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssatripoli.org/userfiles/file/67225194563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=htet+question+paper+2019+pdf+level+1PDF 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_off0000d8e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8E6 19088 bytes
SHA-256: 4de06b15c0bd7c925228421df545a4111dc148677f6036c7a788dc1fb8c67332
font_01_sfnt_off00010b49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B49 11256 bytes
SHA-256: 5a085309f66d2cde79645c59c6752f63178d65e0af1e4dfcc768289e653fcf82
font_02_sfnt_off000125a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125A8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1