Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4f713bb83efa65b8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

120.7 KB Created: 2021-07-26 05:19:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 69018002576fbf2655d5531f5adf3888 SHA-1: 58f4ab6edda7be2f074fece59257a2744b4881bd SHA-256: 4f713bb83efa65b8a648d1f7f1d6ac634c36d969eb88968aa5994e25de32abda
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains. This pattern is consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns, likely initiated via spearphishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l5kcnqa6jrhaj451pgccdd943c/gotoxalem.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://micast.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3udm6ot4ot4lveh7j8rv1ej37/6953733466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tyrtaios.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83973322274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/97372450241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiadomainstore.com/userfiles/file/92446807175.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d89bf185c---tizeguxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/modolowolexozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paymentsbusiness.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072dc4db30f9---bosonazizepimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ourhkg.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/140435010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3handseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c141766f010---tonog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/389jh7k4hqef5idnqvk5hofabn/21957607488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083443b10242---98889398791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qkmedica.com/uploads/userfiles/file/81159298591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a596f2ba32b7f596093f69928594e75d/61477663650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanjen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76377753331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aquatrustfina.com/userfiles/file/jobuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4d47119fe1---dawulelutokojugiregawoses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://menu2uplus.com/images/file/64671651991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makesomenoise.hu/upload/file/38842742862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sphotobooth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160700dc1acc69---solok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bem-sa.com/img/file/funaparukagalosurigibisex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.movingwithmagna.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7cba8bdaed51a384908658960f5c3e3c/26680320973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10e357a0b3d036274aede28e95bfc4f8/fogatamiwisukuwelut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=matem%C3%A1ticas+aplicadas+a+las+ciencias+sociales+ii.+2+bachillerato.+savia+solucionarioPDF 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_off00016b84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B84 19704 bytes
SHA-256: a94b2db22384a5c3f298afb581d3eda6dda2b18e86fac4e5cc3104d5e14c0c6c
font_01_sfnt_off00019da8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19DA8 11444 bytes
SHA-256: 02dfa10a26bd8e1884c07c80a933402920605440ea701ae150f12d29c8b4a122
font_02_sfnt_off0001b7f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B7F2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1