Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 403511176c2fb02e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 02:54:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 648aa33ba5036c10d46ab1f1f02e2f61 SHA-1: 9d65c88825132b318dcbc6138e699606a4502340 SHA-256: 403511176c2fb02ed84be380d7c10ed6d95492be075dbcde68139ce2d81275ce
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and a machine learning classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to host malicious content. The presence of a callback lure heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in phishing and tech support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/68746626860.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075eabe471b9---44806992928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161329f4a308a2---88360031332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a9c2e798ed---49783916922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roomart.uz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xikadidosulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0099a27b0---3590781235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/bewufipun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chono.mn/uploads/userfiles/files/12304154932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amdind.com/userfiles/file/lukojosufijusopugagare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/35676501135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldartline.ua/userfiles/file/2519726922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakatka.com/files/file/43766214011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5668abf2f9f0897a27b64818e9a21d2d/43790796172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a733afbef50---webowikagebovusuxugizidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhesient.com/media/16169018162.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9feeeade5a0a9d6700acac31fcc29ecb/sokupamoman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humanistbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecf2oqs06g8dd165v453n5m4sa/lojokamivugepit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/87762560877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siroyensao.com/upload/files/1133064981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthmatters.me/userfiles/file/pidotomanivoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/jimefesogidokagesapar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac812cbf3e---bizeketifinilodox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=solve+quadratic+equation+by+completing+the+square+worksheetPDF link annotation
    • https://mediacentre.heathrow.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/voxusa.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_off0000de91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE91 11780 bytes
SHA-256: 00feb29e3a46b25d4b17e5db0ddb7e515036a485661258da5f373dea6903faf2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9d1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D1 18644 bytes
SHA-256: b2b44d0bdb80d4b0112a4cc4373dce40ddf7155731bf8208fc9b8644c0befb85
font_02_sfnt_off00012a14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A14 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1