Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65931b1ed177b837…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-07-17 22:22:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 05568ed11b3a13e306c664640c0050f0 SHA-1: 343260f82c4313d672c103daf9333fc22b609cd4 SHA-256: 65931b1ed177b8379b3f51944e08f94fb98329b820b6f24187eb8b3cf11b3829
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, likely intended to redirect users to phishing or malware-hosting pages. The presence of urgency and callback lures further supports a phishing or scam-related attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/6934179995.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aonetreks.com/uploads/file/pirugilotujosunoxopisir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forcechicago.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/242ecbc8841a366e5eb1c78f9a13ca6c/34888808934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgmkt.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de908a8513e---tujozobuvesisezapubomadik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cls-toronto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fdc60eba84c77ade2ce67339b9ac8271/ratosuwivejonemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60kg8q2rith7if9bmj662tfpol/tirevorixemovaxadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.geosuiteonline.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085e96f245b3---buvidavagukugeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcrsd7gfgmg742vgqe8nrkbg1j/lizotefafarijajefazugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wtmongolia.com/materials/file/nerujupabib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ildungrice.com/fileupload/fckeditor/file/18871352727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abc-tel.ru/data/File/nagulegaribe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcae2149044---wuzodal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nicenpos.com/userData/board/file/wikotafolawimebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://status-go.net/gfx/userfiles/files/37132676109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adlinefor.com/home/webagen/public_html/korn/data/file/vumenobivukozomarujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/jodimaketokudivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c1eb9c08c9a87599d8c311f66e9e891/buzemabezibepesino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5a1c30b9cf---juzitopuwugev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3e859bb970---47939037732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/1151017983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/manozipewukuwepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eb02841e49---wetedut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--80aaaglcftt5alesfkk7f.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c84523e06fac66a884d6085abb07c4da/jigokakuganidezov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qorblacgbrpaujugbplmcrtmg5/69313232662.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.netcorp.hu/data/editorfile/29538655008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=what+do+you+call+someone+who+picks+up+trashPDF 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_off0000ff9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF9A 11164 bytes
SHA-256: ebd029b907d8e7cecb289b4a5dc22950719f889ca3a000e871271ecb3591f866
font_01_sfnt_off00011997.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11997 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000131a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131A9 17588 bytes
SHA-256: 471969912cc8c8552a2344f117cab1b862c1179883451b38a10838e4589b265a