Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5724fe83e7fd5632…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:52:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4a7077e76957ef3fea6306f3f8910511 SHA-1: 39fe53295c980b1b1571beb708561c6f29f8cf6f SHA-256: 5724fe83e7fd5632fd22b5d84f394e60c04d5076a8fec56a5019c40c2daeb7ff
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious File

The PDF document contains multiple heuristics indicating malicious intent, including external URI links, a link farm on compromised WordPress uploads, and a general ML classifier flag. The presence of a visual download button and a callback lure suggests a phishing or scam attempt. ClamAV also detected this file as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The numerous embedded URLs point to potential download locations for further malicious payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cortana+app+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/76503154200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushi6.com/uploads/files/wapekujomutexevedirubar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objets.immoweiss.lu/userfiles/files/26837756182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gyndoktors.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86522859289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133121687a7e---75424931304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenlinejsc.com/userfiles/file/81484407906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluestandard.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68112190543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riph.pl/userfiles/file/95720126151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bisleriwheel.genefied.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bukam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ruedi-leuthold.com/userfiles/files/79580492119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exam10.menapoint.com/app/webroot/upload/files/jagulel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ab20a78434f7bd2ab1ca7373aa7af01/dalezenuda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poketomecam.com/uploads/files/8629541534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weyergans-hcc.lv/userfiles/file/10358592926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poexali.org/static/image/_u/system/files/30881133321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/30956520605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.be/assets/file/97588193396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hahapediatric.com/uploads/files/202109100721549293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/46035982284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://petra-dario.info/upload/datoteke/beravarisudoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137a54d22036---19247664247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136ef2a8a244---norixitexizogiwezozenenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitalenzyme.com/uploads/fckupload/file/74435110109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thekreativecompany.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/38063603793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haisanquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/86634152847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136a025510e4---fakubutelunonuwuratomawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nriloan.jctoursandtravels.in/files/jetozelasi.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_off0000d93f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD93F 19108 bytes
SHA-256: c265963f2ae0305fdcffa5b15f7f20caa5a6384d44485ae8b4584d0ff2d58d1f
font_01_sfnt_off00010a8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A8C 9932 bytes
SHA-256: 207c50b6610069b118394dcecebc790582159537fc05ab4eb15c6e5684b4f522
font_02_sfnt_off000120a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1