Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c10dc4da59e343f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.5 KB Created: 2021-07-15 14:46:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 8ad4834eaec754889c73a05601d3ff75 SHA-1: 13d711cec50b22721afa03f45b323bb4aec588a9 SHA-256: 3c10dc4da59e343f991d6f601d233dbc8fafdc2e23fcaf8d3fac7a12c8531ac8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, suggesting a link farm or phishing infrastructure. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608627a388cba---jefesosewegajalonivo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb9383eac7---30517136560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://synodradomski.pl/userfiles/file/8346853189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084785431b5c---60930580891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/wumadijobafiremi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5fssaivj88rk6rhfe6glo9aj15/jezozogejiruluverinagafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e2c41dda44c0beea450ad5907277646/72843002150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caslyn.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088b095a31ee---41017112177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sergey-yushkov.com/pict/file/wetutazulixakolisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vvg1r5lpmh84476c3brvuk3mor/17243304912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curtisfamilyfun.net/clients/e/e0/e02f67ab5b6879a7eb6c21a3163f7106/File/11939325121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kotolantopeni.cz/file/3196764143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.basur-tedavisi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fb91ab67eb---4413745797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b5a41d985---ribitobisumikid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicapoland.pl/uploaded/file/6888891915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5e0d8f6f0d16e3fc1071ab80e80544c/15756768473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://him-home.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f5cd0351048ce1a46415a00219dcd81/52395395036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bab680d91c---sanajonikof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiozammuner.eu/userfiles/files/lanafoniwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/66054397218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=texas+penal+code+aggravated+assault+with+a+deadly+weaponPDF 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_off000157f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157F5 11224 bytes
SHA-256: 30b8d4b2950619589412c3c9280909b24e8773c55db8e79650a3602ca30b5366
font_01_sfnt_off0001721e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1721E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00018a30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18A30 17008 bytes
SHA-256: 7a032584b7a5412bfdf301acbd42296412c81b63ff2ab08d789d2a8f6bb504b0