Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3e84244f80f6e1ea…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.2 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:31:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0afdd2fee8f572ba847ca3a8104136bf SHA-1: 5e42cd4e27b888d5c1f0287dc7b3a6489eb20280 SHA-256: 3e84244f80f6e1eae6bcb75990264580e8cc0c9fcb44909ad316bee7a57ae9bb
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to host malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests the document's content is intended to trick users into calling a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams. While no scripts were extracted, the overall structure and heuristics point towards a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://stinpo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/malawubevanirodijawuwiwe.pdf
    • http://stylekd.ru/files/25760974659.pdf
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606da3a4b7b00---zitanenoduvu.pdf
    • https://areshin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1791006848a39598f1a61aa759371513/fuluvodiwurutakikixep.pdf
    • https://aulacvn.com/upload/fck/file/zoludojamosunadofovosoko.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de38d9a93304fb8630ab8596b4657fbb/weviwezosoka.pdf
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3lmtf8t3f312p1v26vjqqool21/87169694620.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ljq1g0hpvb4l38bhnl8psqip41/sasepukuposozenedozose.pdf
    • https://fobiy.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5cde3fe2630656a9d787159cde1ed45/30770618827.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762ca21d287---65385593508.pdf
    • http://drairtools.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/foxoxeber.pdf
    • http://balassalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/67473579830.pdf
    • http://matrixuniverzum.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607505750869d---38395583617.pdf
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c9795c5429---vanofipuxefujarepewekes.pdf
    • https://kayakbranson.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e4f34776ff---15514617039.pdf
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/lusol.pdf
    • http://chandigarhdatarecovery.com/files/file/gunidana.pdf
    • https://actor-conseil.com/files/file/93669769425.pdf
    • http://malagi.pl/user-files/fck/file/bawuxovelegazorevowomako.pdf
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1cb5e45de3---77498355713.pdf
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160917760ec39f---94326932431.pdf
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b922c0526---gevazis.pdf
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adc291cbaf713d751bc5105d2f9296dc/22002107565.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859747ce345---18152834994.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=hotpoint+wf250+manual
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce42.bin
75438b255eda39b60cac5b92683148a566c191fde189af8f078c93f9b03715a9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE42 17312 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000faee.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAEE 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011305.bin
4e782c905373e020843a463f96fddb13a0c5795067b4926fd54114ec4b98b6f4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11305 10672 bytes