Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5adb088ac8f4336c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-07-18 12:45:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e68ebd7437010809b9da467a81847b7d SHA-1: 1e35070944a3efb11097c8ba3d6eaaf2ca89af23 SHA-256: 5adb088ac8f4336c20b39e7567ec8a25879d8ccc940c6676e86cacb236282d87
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, which in turn host other malicious PDFs. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a callback lure suggests a phishing or scam attempt, likely to trick the user into downloading further malicious content or divulging sensitive information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5f4308d06---81720861411.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a802953e27cfd1f877b54345303b51ab/64329367858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bamor.org/userfiles/file/naguzube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3qampfgrgsoo6ndmp99ju0kl9g/kagifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c23e04c91---libojexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkaudit.sk/101/upload/file/88329563646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c578c20d258e58fc9302879754b218cd/xejukagizasov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albatrossmrn.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/moweniririsevejuradej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sewakendragroup.com/userfiles/file/74108397543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e906181392---10190097950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d339d3da38---66117626392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://waterlootour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210704_505795163454215E.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamuiboe.com/webroot/upload_media/xurukolisovebamimurugife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dermo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bb3a82fd6---fonuguwudot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankreich-ferien.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a352ed84d9c---67258464117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybomchuachay24h.com/Images_upload/files/28200871268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074c695b3594---wadobavisimofonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.okcfarmersmarket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d422f73f907529fb3c8cbf13ab774f01/97674154823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160718de584c64---82056200644.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/93264140671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/gigesotajapedizonalogovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec560gfd7rmt1lng1e8uudb507/finenu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanasushichoice.com/uploads/files/tidonomijipolabek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f08247efc3---nijanisisibefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=where+is+the+learn+button+on+my+liftmaster+gate+openerPDF 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_off0000de6e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE6E 17540 bytes
SHA-256: c598592cf9bb8d73fb63dd178b69628cd991e54621a08be4244a3916e7cf1653
font_01_sfnt_off00010c53.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C53 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001246a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246A 11152 bytes
SHA-256: f3afd68d561e74c30021a03ff4bc9559acc28b787021755a5083040d374aac02