Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 908780c3c4072830…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.3 KB Created: 2021-09-06 17:10:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 2b6e9699e93d98f47b229a884797cde7 SHA-1: 37c35ce5b03de762c2ec733220008f9d121ab952 SHA-256: 908780c3c40728303f1e513268b1eef48a65db06d376022e399cb1f52b411e52
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a ML classifier and ClamAV. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in phishing and tech support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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=xerox+phaser+3330+dni+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://store-connector.com/_upload_bilder/_filemanager/file/72300615672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/25519220386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ancient-theater.gr/media/file/7706919061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baaningdoi.com/file_media/file_image/file/47716152734.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://activesolutionelectric.com/images/file/75373489621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/85392024218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099fd5b0e0f4---foresetebivenexek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://danguykhoidoanhnghiephp.vn/Upload/files/wetonajagumomizeneg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vektorma.ru/uploads/assets/file/sibibamopig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/841445f31962fb393b887d4de14bd668/xutupubigaxakepip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinotcar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b8a9e8b0c0909459a866fec048f8d46/pupobetaneteruridudobub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://storage-in-motion.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083bb60c12e9---wipiranazonakuxifukejob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://averon.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092e1e650964---98567310776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tai.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a0e8db5dcd---dipivowijunuba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beautybybelief.com/admin/images/file/fomumufel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detectiveoffice.net/userfiles/file/75901137466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160759cceb81ef---demipiratikis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riverhouse.at/pcms/content/file/nunoxozikilufufudorirut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f02481e17---xivitavajifeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.grupohk.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084252137104---80116415550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6bbf112d9b---63010358060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5713181aee---dogekikujeguropaxepek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newgatedesign.com/Images_upload/files/82022048522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://responsible-tourism-alliance.com/content_file/files/vanulozenujawopujovinufok.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_off0000db2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB2E 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 923e5a0b4d4a3ac1d9f335db8daa0153b5f0da654920f97749d8807c86658692
font_01_sfnt_off0000f41e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF41E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C30 18208 bytes
SHA-256: 6f12c43686c92d677ab19158a3b29a4b7de00cf4033e95d651e9f42a07f9ed3b