Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4fb7e7c288b477bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-06-25 22:53:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 4e8c3bfdedbed5fb4f04d7af9b5f2381 SHA-1: 4611512e1fed59ed9cc00ef664be8c7109d6351f SHA-256: 4fb7e7c288b477bc376aa891b3334f4fdfb14181ccd718ff49857148ef11b6b8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The document contains a link farm and embedded URLs, suggesting it is designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a callback lure heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams or credential harvesting operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=substantive+analytical+procedures+definition PDF link annotation
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d5986d5576---92209327769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tucsonhomewindowtint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff67560b385fbd6c9b93db790b2426f7/34789190708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a313b0650ed---24439657093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laweasy.kr/userfiles/file/tijigikaboruzulazuji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stegopackaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o76lv7qif59gugltvpbd920vnc/52535692592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flirdining.com/uploads/files/85369744643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f1f847065b9ca2a0d59fdf6b515457a8/wogujozirusarasemowimupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4564d14e17340e2c9afe28b28ebceb8f/motiwuximu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecsal.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e0df9be66---jakomawelerule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vn4clqvq2110mgk0kft2bng16m/82538686980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/77203205236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073ba262f7fd---jilumefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassyromford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7666253303e251bba6a98771c583a815/52787095059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaeiengkwpz6p.xn--p1ai/pub/file/71769006859.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26913fc21d73a847ab80c007d5efa3f6/zafemexeropekowazabavik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7f2d9271eb---4181829871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cdd29e8bf8ca3c1e7cee64e255836dbf/86161928219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://navigator-nsk.ru/userfiles/file/70254011562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debcopharma.com/userfiles/file/78278418681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naoshima-habitant.com/vedifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/lezofevovepixal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/90131785571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunaryem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mailak0m1l3over1gvvrb3f684/wemutas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/diripujezonofilapewulab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/89119388515.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_off0000d1c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e9db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9DB 11108 bytes
SHA-256: bf5b54e3a25b3cd406fb9c7218a15195a4337764d35a7f555d9f086b36015057
font_02_sfnt_off000103b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B5 16252 bytes
SHA-256: 3af54b44df2dc38049bbb6844f79875873966a25b1fad03a024f379875662936