Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 81d11ca52dddaa5b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

175.2 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:27:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 64268337c7cd3ffe612b7efbfb899bff SHA-1: 577b88b9110a35bb2b74d4c9bca42f814f3acf20 SHA-256: 81d11ca52dddaa5bbf8a102f878a67227b4d0f1011f7142ed78c554790048dde
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised websites, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of multiple PDF links on compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, combined with the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic, indicates a phishing or scam attempt. ClamAV detection further confirms its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9904

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 https://engineeredrepinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6b177c54c57e17eba67da1487dba207/4450750128.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://maytinhtuyenquang.com/home/maytinhtuy/domains/maytinhtuyenquang.com/public_html/images/file/45126604852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/11298808956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b73a16e605f---53069050581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2fa6ec870b---31607919370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baobihungphu.com/media/ftp/file/55766961067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/42548867579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0f1f7ce5ee---puzinipukufivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donateagift.eu/userfiles/file/fakopesuwadolisebamese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d22d45f1e2f---widexamiteroje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceilford.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0edd96cacccd7041febbbe0e5d29686d/3050513410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosgo.mn/uploads/files/7102342636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalipublisher.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bogemaredusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nguyenquangcomputer.com/upload/ck/files/zajopefepiwemimote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d28853583---kopigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coumert.com/images/file/zodetabitorovunufaveveva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/24233247105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://careerhack.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160990e0e32557---vogabivoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yucekalipmakina.com/tsrm1/img/userfiles/file/korofevelusotivewutazopuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuatro-pr.org/sites/default/files/file/xasuxagifivofujaliviga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a-kamen.com/userfiles/file/32052133598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d29a3c035---tojorudinokukamafuxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddb2865a93e---tibosuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/39576362742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=1st+thessalonians+5+king+james+versionPDF 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_off000250ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x250EF 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 20e4763b1a54d0a961de63c97d1b2d862670f9f637c28c876d8733e17bb7e7d7
font_01_sfnt_off00027de2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x27DE2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000295f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x295F9 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 678e2cb30b6490196796f4bfabdd4c81ccfb93eeafcd9237a48a420ce1c196fe