Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4de1f0ff3c62643d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-08-29 16:33:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: dcce28fef6f2ac14f081626487231766 SHA-1: 76839ee234cf3591b5f6ee261cfe61887193a146 SHA-256: 4de1f0ff3c62643dcaa932b98979d29701ffc1ceda4eb85d9a704923c13427cf
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting sites. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests the document's content is designed to trick users into calling a phone number, consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r4d4r42l1uj4n9tr2vqqt2b907/zefoxe.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gf-location.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079ea265177e---mawesakovawikolikaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hasekei.jp/userfiles/file/waxovumulubini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hpmcfamilyreunion1968.com/clients/83891/File/24799401060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160820cedb98e7---guzozadokufemevijoneteri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c94a562d6---xawubaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e521b1bf0056a2d9752432a1805dfd7/17376763717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pension-chevaux-haras-gabereau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90449803376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/kazavoxudutamoxika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a70448093---zowerirojedigebap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071b69812bdc---12722653118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwbaltimore.com/uploads/files/voxejise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d69e7f1cc29---96562775424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jshtextile.com/UserFiles/file///sutofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13a4f45e01---96197292118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wcfkenzi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taxusumuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukeofmarshall.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90574463001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160787e8c628d1---terigovamago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keifo.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sezarezunegoxijixononabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islaminkiel.de/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/lawezedexos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kovosluzba-praha.cz/res/file/penejegeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apcmagon.com/userfiles/26852580660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hazeloyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/tufibafupubofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jevades.com/aircraft/fckimages/file/60472838501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://slide-bearing.com/d/files/worowasoronevifufogaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=spider+with+white+legsPDF 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_off0000c7d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7D6 10448 bytes
SHA-256: a95ed43aa6a22f5cf14bcc9a4ec9d3621f1f92c2707a3b5b34a0a55b50cf4d20
font_01_sfnt_off0000df75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF75 16576 bytes
SHA-256: 8a741369c66b4c7c641c4fbc6ef559be04961224a3cb3b43a9ef0e67a619dd2d
font_02_sfnt_off00010939.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10939 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1