Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3ed17c2a80a0d174…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-08-22 08:56:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 614bd9d40a05f8d129be900d02f85924 SHA-1: 39d6112f315db2f71ef2eb089cb286a979196f67 SHA-256: 3ed17c2a80a0d174f82b0a182f8488c099a86a627bd82c8ab15a43970c7384a5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics identify it as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload directories. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing or tech-support scam pretext, aiming to trick users into visiting these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f2e2dbc697---torolarub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc6eb80f42f---nabofiroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/vemenetokowixoxexuzugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///45388577603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pranabkumar.com/fckimages/file/xuvasuxegomuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gkatsov.com/userfiles/file/naxadube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baheth24aqari.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45809592944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecachet.fr/docs/files/sobesukef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ocef1rufso3cc1u9itnm76lg8r/nafikagukos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7a48c55a20---sajegusidib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciskmv.com/css/file/72069899552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/15476490720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f044840c06f9ef86c06370aa6ebffc3/15805555408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardlankin.com/clients/86087/File/71410057214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6985d3e1ab---xogutoniwefoxuzelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/bijumuzirodugezit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160888e5d1f6ac---dewofesewabidexaxoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grafiport.com/userfiles/file/poxipiridopoxunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30851fb13d05b9d3f0a4ade69d0fb21f/9364436883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161049760bc398---42180461043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/61988638018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adf2e12a690---513642970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://secoinblock.com/upload/files/79616844763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mousike.it/img_ins/files/82477608653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christmaslandint.com/userfiles/mutapaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhouti.com/userfiles/file/19672787539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=jenna+lynn+meowri+facebookPDF 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_off0000d147.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD147 22568 bytes
SHA-256: cd671d1c180be9c9d4b0d307daf640db9951f89ba05572165a7f46da5e7012ec
font_01_sfnt_off000108c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108C5 10652 bytes
SHA-256: b48631cf70d468fb5744e04c7f35142f235bc35a6fa1cc5ffa6521b6f39d51be
font_02_sfnt_off00012137.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12137 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1