Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4735a5ea595e4246…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-05 16:23:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a1c15a5caf9805bab39d26c7b91d83b9 SHA-1: 0573aa2b854b76d4076ffee916c6c146e10d24e3 SHA-256: 4735a5ea595e4246612ddb33e5acfbcda3603290c833ca520310f8c95c38d951
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • 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 https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b592dac79---5094368348.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c67617549d5---58891948501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dondepodemosir.com/userfiles/file/76411920591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amirep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daf337aba0e3bc3d5b9c96625ef17d03/54061453454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/tugulak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyourhair.nl/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90364339906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pranabkumar.com/fckimages/file/bexevuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizinifawurelovadojal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba40b01335c---pazujuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zenkatsu.dk/files/96572695045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b46a508927---sedesukozezivibogodilup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bubgnvnckbkh25p7gt394h815/11177159366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/tepavunejexokep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alituncer.com/userfiles/file/19381810814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turksebruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/1260298776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/12950509795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zebcom.in/userfiles/file/40658489155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e8b3893d02d9082abaffd15bfeed6d9c/49682030721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://louisamerino.com/userfiles/file/zoxagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weiken-rc.com/upload/files/lorotekumepowuvubije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae1ccf4e3d5---ribadelaza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gustosandvic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72035788220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etalentlink.com/uploadfile/file///2021080815440570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vu5279o93jmj99eh6boafk5snp/16901227386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=root+cause+analysis+report+template+pdfPDF 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_off0000e38f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE38F 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 61093c4684688d6b501d5d5a396d974cc05254aeb87888374a5852b556896157
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD4B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001155d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1155D 17096 bytes
SHA-256: 41f12f2b030837b7f71d9329a4b8abac0b07aea41ba4635b17d589ea9ad209c9