Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8b5749b687feb5eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-07-31 07:59:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 5953c42d9be358ef37dbc534ededacf4 SHA-1: a8ca16edaa0b9ffef9f8c21fdca58f6df54a4192 SHA-256: 8b5749b687feb5ebee7f1de21bbd8c1ef76b48944d05cce1aaaca794a4c67efb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to execute further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=como.hacer+jabones+artesanales PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vkrutgmp9o2g9b98fe5t5l9l0v/41760798233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160924757075a6---92003247963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/87743060808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079c2909ac8e---27143680797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/78889738284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5mlctvhg39f4t23j6qdspi4e5/88256149089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca2d757e14---5779868483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/binatuzibamiwewosipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee2c161d2885bdcc617a0065b54c4934/vebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae9546dd8f0---vonivisoduwigobiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088270bd0fa8---88580788353.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805c129c3b1---46424875247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c8785b82e2---38151788232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/br6ta0aoiasnakfs5bkch70bd2/64342218166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whatdwellswithin.com/file/42994818291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fd9acdbb9d---85391260921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160992d9df05c2---52377830962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinoboxingclub.com/clients/36032/File/50164191714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa0b7fbcd80---nuburowomibelasugulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cpbnatation.fr/fckeditor/userfiles/file/78263092878.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aylincinarli.com/fckfiles/file/xusixowuromiwakasevileguv.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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e6e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6E9 10768 bytes
SHA-256: ec0ebc88568c7f48bbb23809002fe527a5a12da655e9d220c2b2ee8f337b16c5
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF91 18280 bytes
SHA-256: cb24d4e013c7bc6bb93516dabe1890cf686925a50791db13f93eca25a15a455c
font_02_sfnt_off00012e37.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E37 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1