Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b3e94cb6d4cbb40…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.5 KB Created: 2021-06-24 08:50:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 5aa26d3950dd18ba9551591a6d6e9f75 SHA-1: a991309d5ca9c7325dc5b33dada852a7ba0a7dbe SHA-256: 8b3e94cb6d4cbb40f340e6165d1f8820f5d93551fc93cdc5731bb2c2aea1cfdb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ecd6ae7309---noxav.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096698313182---vapixuzugazotetepij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bselink.com/userfiles/file/munegaxemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28246e2b4a---94960437746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roeveragri.ac.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a3810793a9ab0e8ed70c105b1cc9afc0/vegamukojavurikir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamvr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/284fe3cf68260469f5723163262aff8a/tinufizenasevezudutorizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac6f7mtsadr9il3p6iogavqe06/46520540682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rk899sglsmanq4h3b2160t5srk/30103874518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8f0fc4213d329ddee64b0b1f609e43b8/lozelizitudumamab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tubietelbar.hu/uploadfile/18152190754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://colakcivi.com/userfiles/file/30553206864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160784b667524f---79591796280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0a98759f34---52160542345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8882e4638ce0429f6721024d15de9687/80650802428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makeswebsites.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/wilivogor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vienhung.com/webroot/img/files/73284589853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thepetrichortouch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idvs1ir1a4b96lqsh263im2lia/vajuzigojipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenthelong.net/userfiles/files/81604287059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fontrix.comhttp://www.nhncorp.comIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=chapter+3+closure+answer+keyPDF 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
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_006_off00019729.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x19729 18996 bytes
SHA-256: 19c00ee79e46233357e25e5d07214d35c2392453c7bff5ad6b7fc972cfe02344
font_00_sfnt_off00014658.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14658 3664 bytes
SHA-256: 85c6e48443cb7ac927b8bf395cc7b786bef3e6bfbcfbc4bb84a3f4f58e80923d
font_01_sfnt_off00015263.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15263 5348 bytes
SHA-256: 168ef165bc2d9c5b3074e3ff0936d1e82f148ea20b0caa9e91e34e70f6f02b86
font_02_sfnt_off0001649f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1649F 12200 bytes
SHA-256: 721e00ca69926f2efa92e15a3724f3702eb2f9ba9596fa12bf67e1f66aa4bb1a
font_03_sfnt_off00018e27.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18E27 2072 bytes
SHA-256: 99dc99f891051cdbd138958a66ea6383a557cc7486c0c5acb0cb3ed99139840e