Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5381c8a9bc8135c3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-08-18 10:51:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bce6d6a53b09bf3543d315fa9080f688 SHA-1: b3b7d6b5716f58dfbcfe2f92329d888407d22f6b SHA-256: 5381c8a9bc8135c3f3e9dcf17815e6c63b5b3846aa1073fec51389d3fd1c7203
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier also strongly indicated maliciousness. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and link farm behavior are indicative of a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://sazjah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c5313d0908---25364345782.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608394eb33a18---87069075297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arenda-v-novosibirske.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58903995908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unesco-mediain.cz/fckfiles/file/72113379519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/gupawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb1eeaa4c94569dbf7459b63ca6acaf7/66171388777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16114e877ce8cc---kojezuxigujak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f3c0aba6443dad508b50fe02669dfce/xewunawofirodatewigokebed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fem644agust39jeieuundtcg53/5611055032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad035ccc85b---333988979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c0246e986969b75bf95155ddd3b2969f/8923173450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210818042647_36364263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dde9722778---dadevujalanufile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.musicmaestrodiscos.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0db6ac6d36---4665951036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omak1968.com/clients/71178/File/fatetowobarumovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miamiwars.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/df68f404b8361d4ff43841ce160b3bf1/gavujiximamevopofejafeve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/gujugoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4449438b3517a18438be6702496adfa3/zuxekupotulejopazagose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aczelzalog.hu/tmp/45790757983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pics4us.de/userfiles/file/dixuwudufojuxiburom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96115c2202594f8c6acb2731238aa747/kavofinakobibozinetejop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muguet.fr/sites/default/files/file/63328945297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://houstoncoinshow.org/FCKeditor/file/47176049397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/814128d5298f5d87fd875d19db808ffe/xowemasufeseminaxeduge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+replace+motorola+razr+batteryPDF 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_off0000e0ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0AD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8BF 17352 bytes
SHA-256: 6a2b067d372eeefa4e90609fd1b4696e77d1c4e172c34c9e0a6c3c02a6fbaf7e
font_02_sfnt_off00012679.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12679 10564 bytes
SHA-256: be45b212d97a75fae3da829a0a92d89faea6f768118db6ea1e38d26a8cce2786