Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f3bbc3bb052b4a5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.0 KB Created: 2021-06-28 05:16:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 821c1b36ed342ddb8950616f6e5e6715 SHA-1: fcbfd1551b5ddc39d155a5e482cfcd6e8114c071 SHA-256: 5f3bbc3bb052b4a5613045d177a81fffdaef93dbd34ef2785b31eaad27cab7f1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, specifically a callback scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. The presence of numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggests an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. While no scripts were directly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9928

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://postscriptproductions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbb62bbe6ef---niviwikisobigota.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://samoinstitute.mn/uploads/assets/file/tijolenanobekegemajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/72148730642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accu-split.com/userfiles/files/zaxoduxenisotizezedavux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53hgupv20rpknhu7t3u6m493kh/disajulajegibolaroxag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/viwubugalinopeduvoneser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damiel.eu/userfiles/file/10874984898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a84293aa5bc---69343225541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083cbd6865d5---betozejaxewada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/27253013536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanhthien.net/uploads/file/29152470413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/palejevimereperik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carefirstwalkathon.com/clients/8/89/89514deb4c0e8807eb046cac28c4977f/File/busobun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210607062329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9d8166983d---38214670416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valubil.com/public/uploads/cms_file/cms_files/disawezigelonepopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c99145043eb---befaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.homefacelifters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c9f05238cfba61495e1450626aeab2a4/peximeruxiwimitik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.hu/userfiles/file/dezeripukexudifimipexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.waterlooarmsnewforest.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f71fbe63daa1a94b2a2046eaa885347/titafisebupope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf94f24fe1---miruwitegugomeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://normel.org/files/upload/file/54106957988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auto-rujo.com/images-editor/file/xopozitumaxelotetol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984172d80b8---mekizidopab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+an+act+in+lawPDF 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_off00011ed2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11ED2 17296 bytes
SHA-256: aa697fd07d167617668c049c99a1dae239807223edd61f67d775bff6574fe55d
font_01_sfnt_off00014c25.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C25 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001643c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1643C 10056 bytes
SHA-256: 09eb260a31c9991fadf2f5c1e1a9aa621a652b4d5cf4f041997a3989fe3efb15