Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5629239f4b42ea34…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 00:31:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c8474f6a953555f92f79b9003d5e8df4 SHA-1: e1614ca60a4abf1ae136c59b8865f0882df6372c SHA-256: 5629239f4b42ea34b736d91f93ae6e7497623e6cd172d0a79cc74cc9326a8597
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF document contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scams. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=making+your+own+fondant PDF link annotation
    • https://relleno-acidohialuronico.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7d7277a8a1365ecaf407a610fd970f9e/98689327608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bechtoldpaving.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7e3778f8592733585532540919a3b04/webuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607de0558ebf5---fivunetanufivuzeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/tebotefabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160753187ec11d---16811963358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cadc144a212---51385846324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bethtikvahevents.ca/clients/2/20/20a91c0cb94b02964b0d1c5d980f1596/File/gusojabamexedezexuleduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/gogefavog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160900ed07cafc---makoxapesulupozazij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaiboxes.com/piceditor/file/23502009268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/19098954821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f68b556217---melegebusozevexigata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83ad7b2dd1---jamejufelelaneb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidfabrication.com/public_html/userfiles/file/luludubosevopufemafovarip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moma-restaurant.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7319781d0f---kitonutesikedekobozug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sobsai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jaraposezufedexowiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/fibedujumujef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kardelendalgicpompa.com/uploadfiles/file/vitoreg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kme-kme.cz/files/file/13462528731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesislighting.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a85a2cef75f6f07c0237a1234fbe9c08/9921389636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lawrence-spruill.com/clients/42275/File/73375245889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moscow-vernisage.com/files/files/91438415795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073283cbe3ee---33383065413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/zegeger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xlpe.net/Images_upload/files/dagufebun.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_off0000fd25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD25 17200 bytes
SHA-256: 93f42da68008cb06488692dad6b2c09effa62afd679fd766b9cd58d7d9138efe
font_01_sfnt_off00012a62.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A62 10568 bytes
SHA-256: 934973791b47295473805417d0b0b4b72ff3bd8ca829a57bc850695dd68139bd
font_02_sfnt_off00014278.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14278 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1