Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3a795ae9ed01bcd7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:00:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: aa6cf7b40ff074215880b30cdd3a3513 SHA-1: 062ec4878b1c2bc390e07ef1df60e42ae5c403e5 SHA-256: 3a795ae9ed01bcd7f43a347852c26b97c7a69225b0f31ee8c5542bec4824d2e1
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 phishing or scam attempt. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress upload sites and disposable hosting domains. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to trick users into downloading further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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) 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://hjtech.org/admin/upfile/file/zibobesigukup.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05afbf0d22---keparaxuporu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abaco-engineering.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb05738718d---rimerore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610a3ad3c8e8b---85929151365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joepromenshealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f69fc0a9c99b86b9026dd780342824b/37696866164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/45257506864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47121327826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crackershrimp.com/file_media/file_image/file/146395226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nhatminhtrading.vn/app/webroot/uploads/files/74684635649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://praktijk.zorglink.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30458499011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weddingitaly.jp/images/file/79530012524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611c438bcf5bf---64332017657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66127856081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscbolivia.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/zavoxuvalunovesapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paseppe.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28169467059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://puginternational.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gijubozedizasazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altinay-law.com/images/file/74069081608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/luluda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o91qf5bu11ffjihjk7520niq5b/ropaxuwovedugegokororemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpharma.in/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93632415951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085ad12ec896---14394633373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1966.com/clients/1/10/1054c114374c88b4a165e91103565d41/File/60947886686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f4416c4766541cbb97a231aca7ac51b/susivefuxuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noukos.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609214d12c2a3---84499682978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=upstream+elementary+a2+workbook+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef7c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7C 24724 bytes
SHA-256: 4fc1bcb7bd2c4356a2b76e4cfa67c9855b1a1ed1f6ab6be1fc3e63b937cd49b1
font_01_sfnt_off00012f56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F56 11128 bytes
SHA-256: c70b43d8c15bd68d8cc6d6d48dd574e82219dce86807266477347a35aad6b3ec
font_02_sfnt_off00014940.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14940 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off0001614d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1614D 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc