Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4b7837340756a7f4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 02:57:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-05
MD5: 5b10bf3a711789c7f5f5041da1192d7e SHA-1: 07b3ff29540cd3f6a7e3f4165483e027421882db SHA-256: 4b7837340756a7f4f5a88f0d05a851b5730f9ba3ab985440de9e754ec93cbda0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing lure, prompting the user to contact a number for issues related to billing, refunds, or security. While no scripts were extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings indicate it's designed to deceive users into initiating contact, likely leading to further social engineering or financial fraud. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised websites further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://arisutour.com/ckupload/files/kixapewawi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de98ccee3c---85101364731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medicalart.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fc2c24268e---7254560494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanitaerprofi.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/poriwigigavafuwaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ekolojikweb.net/upld/userfiles/file/19362414886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adams-gold.ru/archive/image/file/girisumaxekebilaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foundryindia.org/userfiles/file/benopuriwulifafizusunilos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/10209843037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202105/file/1621690492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b8bb3cd96---sosuvusavabefulolavixovum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scilights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b1f0b1d89712e7bde01f1f26fe4e5ce/76010050160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charivne.info/images/file/8509649553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/retuxilaronezatowowaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alexandrapanayotou.com/web/images/static/file/23607496797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11udilj51ng63f2hdfa4rue52n/99492441579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34027ab044b034a9441525e4d42c6794/zugojopurise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cualuoihoanmy.com/uploads/userfiles/file/ziloratasum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/miwinulufunivozox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://losmarinoslanzarote.com/marinarubicon/admin/file/4087973091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1adf99230---fujofizatopebujibonozatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weblative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2taqj2l3fs9h66pd73phe4k0bi/77497916510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bascobrunswick.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4226660ed0---raxepipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04250375f6---75839245387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609dfe8f79523---8950765924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=california+hunter+safety+study+guide+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_off00011fb5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FB5 18168 bytes
SHA-256: dc4fd68d823a5406be306c624c71bb78cacea8d118e64b9cb7e8c734012aa04a
font_01_sfnt_off00014f68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F68 11020 bytes
SHA-256: df58823e1e12ea421702eb546719b41af251a71ae00b0e4ec5a3ff9e34c64a79
font_02_sfnt_off000168c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x168C9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1