Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 952e55daadbc057b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-06 10:48:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 0285da7243ec0f0a9589e3abe313c57a SHA-1: e1aeb2a5dfdd0ff996b54c5885243db1e3cceffe SHA-256: 952e55daadbc057bb6bba0ae88f107740558fb2fc9f8dfcab71b786004f04076
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to other PDF files hosted on various domains, some of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a potential phishing or tech-support scam pretext, although the document body itself is unreadable.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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 http://re-view.online/fckFiles/file/66839480675.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://tranhtreo.com/images/ckeditor/files/90458489417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mongolia-volkslift.com/uploads/files/49337665106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://o2ashop.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxaxekozimiwiwimagotere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/bebijavuzuveji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fattyweng.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c72a31418f---86820870796.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unique-u.biz/images/uploads/file/3022383051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bonsaichik.ru/images_uploads/files/kimipokigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.danvillern.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rlb8msjneh12os0mac26f5umh7/65160360499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digjamaica.com/app/webroot/files/3850628147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spazmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d785a691623---23233006211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://s8radziejowice-paszkow.pl/userfiles/file/buwuzijogeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6fee5b1cbc---23645942443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bouwenaaneensterkwerkgeversmerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4663455218---67453660681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slsnn.ru/content/file/piraleporama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunsoftinfoway.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35581014784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161039fc32a907---kewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://highendschmiede.de/highendfiles/file/beredofumozenebevoligo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0cd93818d435124414708bb76cf677d0/20925663027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ascii.tn/web/cgi/file/varopuranesep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pfmconsulting.org/survey/userfiles/files/linapakax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/fobeluliremirubeluwulurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/72631261154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dolphinkorea.com/files/files/32806068702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasyo.net/files/file/mifoxonadagixidanematod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=magnetic+loop+antenna+book+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d8442a8972a0376732d612c07f423dfb/71846417546.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_off0000cc1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC1D 18056 bytes
SHA-256: e4c192a42e70986fe2a7a65609580217dd55103e130aa131291b006453f66085
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB1D 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 780554f493fa9e494d53d8767f7f59c5c6198ed81488fc7948217e60fc1396e5
font_02_sfnt_off00011386.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11386 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1