Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 486d1f346409eac0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-09-04 16:20:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 0d2de2982826a89dd5be3fc50be961cc SHA-1: 169e767b4f64903686d94ac7ae97a6203d433e47 SHA-256: 486d1f346409eac0837a480cccfd6b6c94e777e1cb58b01cb66c105779471d9a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely serving as a distribution point for malicious content. The presence of external URIs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to lure users into downloading further malicious files, potentially through a callback phishing or tech-support scam pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9848

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://novahealthclinic.ca/userfiles/file/97554144477.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.champcaregivers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835e39586d4---78472816014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nikosdimos.gr/userfiles/file/42094944327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab2d7b14850---58814895363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mediagrand.hu/data/editorfile/22377360990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pattarasawat.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87140578630.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gccpay.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c19544037eb1948e856511cd9eb7117/viker.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f2550e81e27f6989f04f7d2d10a1901/vefuvidafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cortabellanews.com/userimages/67125439383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ok-poland.com/userfiles/file/38661113989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62c3965aca38f6da901bacae9f73ac85/67895304774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livres-d-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tibabep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/23512175244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/venaguzofugamaxow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://axiomestates.com/userfiles/file/44352017411.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purevdavaa.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/98172449707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9320baf4771cebe718132c14bafe5796/vilugafubuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ptogel2.com/contents//files/87113035437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okinawa4d.com/contents//files/1553927217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/71294876913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.federatedlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b696d69156d76d2cbaae30f4daca830/83312271731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://musicpark-live.de/userfiles/file/81364012500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/293e3a2d39c3b074534973662960c6bc/litig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tylincms.com/userfiles/files/fewugiduzozedefixiluxatel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sibirprokat.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13375090738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shreejians.com/userfiles/file/nekavimokasikazewasuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=programa+para+unir+y+separar+pdf+gratisPDF 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_off0000ebab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBAB 18096 bytes
SHA-256: 39e996aa23eac41fe6ad53d379ac34c57d801aafe80d792a7e9f5554304bfbb6
font_01_sfnt_off000119dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119DD 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 4f527a83d33387df9dfc5d0f9db68738c78105e948435e342781b00cfb352c41
font_02_sfnt_off00013352.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13352 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1