Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3c30323fb4619105…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-20 02:35:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-23
MD5: 8b0f42861a452306deb41c90f99c5a2c SHA-1: ab6deb47f34500579f7089376918a09bb2110d4b SHA-256: 3c30323fb4619105501a2119afe748c806f0655a528152926456f4a9374bb212
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pitch+perfect+movie+download+480p PDF link annotation
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a78361f312d---19112908953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/nuliramedinuwilefakoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c92102d5ce3---nidakoxexiginefogawugob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/59269142451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7909a29095---bijuwafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9dcf4c35a68a2e185e148ef4a74a682/99437721997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esterkins.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13205783368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8e46e3a27c---nelizan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajhansnursery.com/userfiles/file/49001241703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rkd70jb1rppfj5jad69rqh0746/xumovopakal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://z87992961.com/upload/files/20210815035929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiaohecollege.com/d/files/98512832032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/387d945ba01a26b2b860a06e3262dd91/nigukivupomotuvolev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thinhhoanggia.vn/Images_upload/files/rojuzinukafuvuzod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----9sbccjdbca7cyaieg1a3j.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0133dcb7bb2da942c106e107e828186a/wotupevakege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://redwoodpwr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35fqtgqr8anshd067jl7ls56i6/gikagedudododiwovus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stellarp.com/userfiles/files/gabavukeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef9c31ea04cc138054de364ab41b21e0/fofekiwitol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/72867821023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fullgame.hu/uploads/files/69337367318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budka39.ru/files/61251588491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d61e98bed27---xaxopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8fb155dd206cb751c2606509ca7a3bdb/torekidadezopav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://collectifff.be/imgdb/accueil/files/lugumuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freewest.at/46656000411.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_off0000f146.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF146 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001095d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1095D 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 81bb55e63a9d5e62ebe6baa2b47fae49695726a3390256abf36936272c879533
font_02_sfnt_off000123bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x123BD 16860 bytes
SHA-256: 7ed86f1c2590798b4164e55b6aa21a08a2d06f4cb751684648393cb6ad88aa61