Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 84955f8c979220db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-28 01:05:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 433c74d9bd6fe6f893de87ee32878e34 SHA-1: 911106f58dfcdb14184db4cc57095913bdcac3bb SHA-256: 84955f8c979220dbe5b1fcc9e7cffaf2fb4109886034f13431ab4c25e1f7f1fb
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate it's part of a link farm and a callback phishing lure, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or engage them in a scam. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=a+quiet+place+2+bg+sub PDF link annotation
    • https://volpatoebrum.com.br/_common/admin/scripts/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38177588660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--zb0bw3kv4s8mn.com/upload/fckeditor/file/16440321277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://areawifi.com/DESARROLLO/userfiles/files/93405522942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiophotosfashion.it/userfiles/files/31442249280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9so7ndak3rsgcjm7tlhc90o8d1/kuwemufaridutanosenuzina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://optimaglobal.net/ckupload/files/40086985016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexsafetyproducts.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40524730583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cedria.es/DOCUMENTS/FotosFCKEditor/file/68535366066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santiagoporter.com/js/ckfinder/core/connector/php/files/pisunameturorek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ancient-theater.gr/media/file/53862420919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a9f6bb01851ec84d03cd1fce3da0212/75949243796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://urbanlivin.lu/userfiles/files/52475371141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vico-immobilien.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xinitoselimaxidazevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lunaleo.pl/userfiles/file/29547820688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gelinyuanyi.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-17/20210917161507504231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f57a93e063---suverilurutir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/nijujiporixufetiredun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/gofuvagobijunebodajok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b8f94956c9---lozel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://morebricks.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/turaxirifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magnettoptan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/tivupibenovitusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grundys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161426d694749d---zivipuzitinujolozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gradur.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161463eb7acb25---18142711236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tepihtrava.rs/files/18420284910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b62f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB62F 22044 bytes
SHA-256: 8d5bc767c1b68609ec9710a907be1f08366522c20239b752cf9bb6921cb09545
font_01_sfnt_off0000ec98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEC98 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000104a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x104A9 16124 bytes
SHA-256: 2c21ff3ceeb7a5749d3d52712a08aca31fcce6c6a030d08a19a294d8f4050a43
font_03_sfnt_off00011a15.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A15 10712 bytes
SHA-256: 8dcd7cc8a21fb9fabeb8ae39d0ffc5e161b7f3baa9e41a5ac6cd92b0f116fd52