Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3f53b21750be5d81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-08-09 15:46:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-22
MD5: 5cca95ff832af96a3568e361e9ca504c SHA-1: 2ea9af825a797602cad3ed5e1e3fd458ffd42627 SHA-256: 3f53b21750be5d81069a83f4a65a5d732352bdbc6cfa042d0a00420d658c5f83
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 0.9989

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 http://111-orte.de/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/50432585478.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rannatennis.ee/data/upfiles/files/91456060865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://charqueadaboavista.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ef26c15cb1febecfd6338f90cb06611/1176123571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a464e041e7daf40c3ad7cd34fc5d226a/11058344739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://group-anons.ru/userfiles/files/masaxotijosekovurisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tgtech-auto.com/userfiles/file/duzubizalox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/525de0ea94cc069bf3e71d584546034d/joludawiveradu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52eb1f4ab7309be11dcc8543c1498f2d/26118582178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luingpyrex.cz/foto/Image/file/ruburiduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pet-fashion.ro/mm/file/98367512250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/lofifagedenabukijanajise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedzenie365.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pokidijajedadiwexeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072971c55be8---72672532552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/31420227979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609858c988ff0---88686710842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/62148021167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098758b3f0d3---kizejubaderefapimov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondachem.com/d/files/10964231563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc67a36cffe8b5d3739d17d55831971b/jetinoturerofatipaxorixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18359710813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pronobile.de/catalog/file/kikak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d46029a86aca975e441dfa2ed676f8c7/56217290334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sxhk365.com/uploads/file///kujiwazenupivutogutozanam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+build+a+wither+storm+in+minecraft+switchPDF 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_off00011286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11286 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012a9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A9D 11060 bytes
SHA-256: b5e642c86ce67764f14996cdf1b2d0327e0a130902953ada00696e8e1aa6bb8f
font_02_sfnt_off0001442f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1442F 17796 bytes
SHA-256: 482b74f0c20436ebbd364e7a78e584953d13a68c65c2bc6c0d62312101838aea