Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 74b6838409a42da4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-08-14 08:01:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: bc9e734423effd14a3797f66338d3753 SHA-1: 97fca801cdd4e9cf4e3d52719340222060c16c1a SHA-256: 74b6838409a42da4ba5b6bd29266697be24dd1cfb9b49c893ab63a14dfbef651
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting. The presence of 'utm_term' parameters suggests an attempt to manipulate search engine results or track user interactions, consistent with SEO-based lures or phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9981

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 http://short-story.ru/upload/file/30296102226.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.sahabatkeluargahomecare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8bd3119f2f---72253501283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nobody-films.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/fudekujagobixikawabosavez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adamant54.ru/userfiles/files/nogifopefurila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sorokolaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/tewegikepuzene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/75433b21b8a7021a6c886548042a8c0c/47722768946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/16111aa9c3d9e4---baxubufuxogigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oklogistic.lv/upload/file/pesili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/38110441267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slphs66.com/clients/e/e6/e62fa13cff665df70d7481f632b33819/File/16124407853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmoto.cz/obrazky/file/sofezabenuguvumijofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tunnel.de/files/uploaded/file/dafijovubeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprzybranowo.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nejogusobirusoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srlamn.com/clients/0/00/00e84243199fd86ca7c15d66a0237eb0/File/41002999569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e82d54e1bf---wubokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://talleresimad.com/images/subidas/files/kakojokojakopiref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4fb8526d4---rovowugegajeruzabakonev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertrandetgastineaudesigners.com/userfiles/file/64536239890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chocoinmobiliario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f8e15655d0e25a4f5ee135a7f02882c/83493241619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiosantomauro.it/userfiles/files/83340494359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82a55f1dc6---rulipafizidazibomexuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/totelasivoniwetopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=what+day+is+trash+pickup+up+in+my+areaPDF 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_off0000e24e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE24E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA60 17472 bytes
SHA-256: f211b899456ab145c9c96a1ae0c45f7d862833ef12835deb6fab9587b7bab7eb
font_02_sfnt_off00012867.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12867 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 601b99c20b6ad26e02c957f62311bbf1fc1cda1302d32710bf74a7c7ed61bf66