Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 48c7996e1fb213a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.8 KB Created: 2021-08-28 00:04:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: db4250c16b065d4b076cbe322f8d767e SHA-1: 05bebfc46948e9e81384ffab1c8ff8d63f20b7e9 SHA-256: 48c7996e1fb213a9b6959ec6cefe0c224fde050bb68434e11f4813184e6c9143
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates a potential phishing or tech-support scam pretext, further supporting the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dishonored+2+all+safes PDF link annotation
    • http://turinhotelcompany.com/userfiles/files/50215866722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/32298632303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ancoraeducacion.com/images/nopabukezomadejabal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istocdukkan.com/userfiles/files/nupiduti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/tuxopilulilanaxizegiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dalboncostruzioni.it/userfiles/files/78615690456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prowallpanama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/66aa7c811617896d3f4b01ec748e1011/97663954672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/88rbq0icjj0dagsm3d20l11fvg/livojidomaduwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asset-books.com/userfiles/file/ximorifikavagogizepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/86359360475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://n-production.com/upload/fckeditor/file/pibowofejatexivefod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ndfmopko5nu68j5u6bitr1p756/sodizegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d0ddaa09fa0c6859662784f21201add/riwoduwuduvakonaxux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8769e427b0---dunigugalegatowuragole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.stock2morrow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55609828026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p4jhlmcfcte1grtu4oi2ajhk0n/20939280857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saga.diamonds/uploads/ckfinder/files/ruwenezewosexetekuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/juwigewebabir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/16316126152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hosvagyok.hu/userfiles/file/10579258616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822df3a8b88---93384487926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j1medical.com/uploaded/file/30820970046.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_off0000bdba.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBDBA 10472 bytes
SHA-256: f03e45b9ab11fecd5cef33708bb8326e62841b3b1bead0ddd807684464895a88
font_01_sfnt_off0000d570.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD570 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED82 15840 bytes
SHA-256: d6e8cf9b09d257a0e96e6b4c85911089ea2f8c887a10fb69a4f68195d8055141