Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 908354214aed88de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 23:32:18 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 8ab78cfea9a953407bfbc17450d13791 SHA-1: b87733a240e9603030c9969ceabe9148e6e81da1 SHA-256: 908354214aed88de367861f50f969a25c5265801defd9beb94d4a41da5ca0432
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scams. Multiple URLs point to compromised WordPress sites hosting PDF files, suggesting a distribution mechanism for this lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096b32626db0---41239289133.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c85d3f88930---lixapega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kennyre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160970f52eb1a4---tilodisisoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/muluromeguzazubolizumap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theopenhouseclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/225c1acb6d1fa275bc7a717aeb1cc400/jifuvopilujavubumiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bace3cc8c8ab829c7f3add67757b3483/50768068820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wawabed.pl/uploads/userfiles/file/gexiviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nothingbutsafetyglasses.com/userfiles/file/62760528281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qeyeoptical.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xinugeromuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/5603508309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodogs.ru/sites/default/files/file/xixafufuvojepiwunoniri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jemelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813cd076475---3793013408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hong-tour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210820_DD74F9ED8F12CB1D.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81555312964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemeckystrakac.sk/editor_uploads/files/dezemiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expertsystemgroup.com/file_media/file_image/file/dukuvad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/xegexazizipofanasexoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://storemisr.com/uploads/files/6983212957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/70893901235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://norilskgu.ru/userfiles/file/xalavuluvuvex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/11698982265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/djfbs1lvvqfnk2svp62c5m9sv2/78985562973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osikovo.eu/webroot/img/content/files/padupubupigilevitowug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=hp+printer+mfp+m277dw+manualPDF 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_off0000dd76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD76 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f588.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF588 17080 bytes
SHA-256: 7c01b1b7130fe173f40ef5cc810d3255509e8abb893d131904e81c10dddd70f8
font_02_sfnt_off00012198.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12198 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 39e386179a2024fa0fd21194831d64969ac1a9d184070e7c3e9403d0eb05d725