Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4af55768f21df203…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.3 KB Created: 2021-09-28 11:52:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 627a3c2022deb1313d613a789cb107e6 SHA-1: 3a40334ead1e2a88ba74fc00b7f8f1afa923e135 SHA-256: 4af55768f21df203d4cfd2c784f9d2a868fe3841ca892138de1af32d5d8c68f3
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains patterns consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scams, urging the user to call a phone number. Several embedded URLs point to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute further malicious content or redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9916

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
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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 http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/35597906282.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/lodeduridedalikerazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meghdoothsuzuki.com/uploads/62805712847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbakn3aoflleitf3m6a.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/67810713347.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://gamepinleri.net/calisma2/files/uploads/kebuwanetotevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--jt2b56wn0ap2a.com/upload/file/202109151559213404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614572bee600f---mulirewigoxuvafokofovod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fewo-spreewald-schoetzigk.de/brandenburgtag/img/editor/file/gaxarepuvirilalirotapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://satunatc.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dawefofibivusarufodaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ekransamara.ru/files/38591113591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamtamphat.com/upload/files/vusunijeletekipive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mindennapi.hu/upload/file/37592433855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agapetown.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1dc1d5e6f90eeaa1b9f4c3fec8b684a6/jukixezixodaxireka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiogaleazzo.eu/userfiles/files/41146532283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artattack-concerts.de/files/file/delejebidelazuzujebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verimevzabavu.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xawufazebemojidigim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bwemfjhjk.friend-match.com/upload/files/17403484791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sopkambing.com/contents/files/91421763222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keongracun.org/contents/files/9042266382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch.hu/userfiles/files/narafavirinar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livredart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xumumodupirisur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hnfhdc.com/UpLoadFile/2021092315464076504.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.diktu.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402408b0bb6---sizezizufizanuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okna-stv.ru/userfiles/files/rodupaxorubifolidafatowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/77066128637.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=cash+generator+8+ball+poolPDF 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_off0000b663.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB663 10820 bytes
SHA-256: d6b1ac78b579cd9891e0fc9f0932b7c3da0e8ad21491d6ed19acf2734ce88233
font_01_sfnt_off0000cf13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF13 15908 bytes
SHA-256: e1a7414c7f8ffae6491cea5818f7748be94a674477413cc8ac5f737f177de650
font_02_sfnt_off0000f77e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF77E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1