Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 518d8fc52113b024…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-15 01:51:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 09325877dd7e1d4de9e33e3b3c4c513d SHA-1: 94ea50ae44b256d68c39da89c4a36c40d8a0d243 SHA-256: 518d8fc52113b024c1fa74ce7b018ec7dc1801dd4d0c0f9ea7845bf8f8af5acb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with heuristics indicating it's a link farm hosted on potentially compromised CMS uploads. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing or tech-support scam pretext. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards malicious intent, likely involving directing users to external malicious content or engaging them in a callback scam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9983

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 http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160983c9e92a4c---76879717967.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://csn-alliance.com/data/files/libimoxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bomtvplus.com/data/board/file/20210629002656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-range.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdf8744ee18---bobopolowusavirim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/6758313985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0f0645fa18f2b3a76853edfbdae042cd/senagekorokofazaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160964c7a03654---62079386531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paillasse.hu/userfiles/file/nezipipopawulefala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/wanoxasidamarexotexepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hit-education.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46bmpvoe8vdfr4hjuk055ce05f/zobetuwedojida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11512095db---78175219081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8be5esalc7756feo9dljo0kr33/pimejujifimapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ongxoanhdpe.vn/upload/files/weninudosaxeferajugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1988.com/clients/75739/File/gipojekezomewometo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vssteel1999.com/ckeditor/userfiles/files/35864607409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecomassage.pt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9g0j2toasrs9moal8erovjp4b3/dopidiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/68b30712d2d49273dfe8038097e1dc69/37080825942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brnc85.com/clients/878796/File/67590297254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zima.snowcat.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozakobajaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8o3i2c820ghskjt3fns2gd6at5/66564401015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/90927542909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0afa91b3216770b2ef77b7390339a0fd/bipimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b087fab3da1---lewivirapinilijosupeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gymlesgeants.com/upload/editor/file/7664132358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5uempat.com/contents//files/vumuxajixudakevipum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cuadro+comparativo+entre+sistema+nervioso+autonomo+simpatico+y+parasimpaticoPDF 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_off0000e015.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE015 10940 bytes
SHA-256: 89fb05390af8146b3b0602b223c700088dc631ca1b5d0a414e0e8dffa7fd144d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF980 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011192.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11192 16388 bytes
SHA-256: df093862f5c4761d69f6389c20d86141a2d50bad23865b11676a0d0396ea5d31