Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 40a8b14216c9db7a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-29 00:42:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: d965b11f1d74a25ed0523ff42893eb2c SHA-1: 3d635cf0f9e0405074f0be288dccf0c8dd57348c SHA-256: 40a8b14216c9db7ac52ba17b5f1d6bc23dcf37836fd5732693c1727d467cdd03
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised WordPress sites, indicating a link farm or phishing lure. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests the document is designed to trick users into calling a fraudulent phone number, consistent with tech-support scams or billing fraud phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+tv+rdp+client PDF link annotation
    • http://giayviettri.com/img-ftec/files/werodemakejivata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spirit-legend-enterprises.com/webroot/editor-uploads/files/gubepap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furnitura-syndicat.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/82577201112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kozmetikadunakeszi.hu/userfiles/file/4131744743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123natura.com/stockages/files/69346492424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://everestart.com/images/stories/file/7017119430.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edwardfmcgintypa.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/3895643110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ever.dacola.com/upload/files/71181881605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lukinserv.hu/file/pobedoforogorubos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pjzhengwang.com/upload/file/20210917_162030_116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gilbertems.com/videos/file/12015327896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://methese.com/upload/files/21198519407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcobernini.it/userfiles/files/86260608612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613da8049c1ca---11238203187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://9y.bfage.com/upload/files/20210920055237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tejg377dl4lijknekp58do1t6h/57809969302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keiba-like.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7685535436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufnk.fr/app/webroot/files/file/35122274872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baove24h.org/upload/files/31076861937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/36269657193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f46d0e8007221ab4295d7ada192131f/75552593075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbanoilandgas.com/file/files/61707894069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hicoweld.com/shop/fck_file/file/sokuralevuxigutoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personal.sut.ac.th/chantira/port/ckfinder/userfiles/files/reted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fb8aec44de---72334629536.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_off0000bcd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBCD3 18692 bytes
SHA-256: 5b068471fa3867f963c0692dd5e4d4a637e737ddc3e5b1be0ddb5e179372b948
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010580.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10580 10224 bytes
SHA-256: 3c045b88b03ba58b371ee1d06f1e0fecce6e4e6b8cf9370e00e7e09552fcdb1d