Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 986cd8e5cac7337e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-08 09:52:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 15dbb8494eb564399d2e9b9ad4acba2e SHA-1: 3537fcfba8668c27ab4eacc5c74144fb27b5a8c1 SHA-256: 986cd8e5cac7337e9598869e09185eac42dc8b7d249e02a6a459a8a45429c93d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a callback phishing lure. It contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it is part of a larger infrastructure for distributing malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a phishing attempt designed to trick users into initiating contact with the attacker.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9932

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://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c76a4d97fc---86150586068.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54082afc3203a9c20d7f35b2f93e9248/bewuvav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5c75b0d33d---vusefokura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b138e85f2---79657795705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banghaija.com/userfiles/file/92253710558.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30901421157.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc87a404b8---28644613776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095618298217---dagetipakexozezasukawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngoctraithaibinhduong.com/uploads/news_file/43083409528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rjc912f5qnaeo578gntb5099oc/bexikaniladoninazosadife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacola.com/upload/files/fumuwunerexedugunatetege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://altinhediyeler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/depiwuxoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cq37vo11iouobhqomg1ms4m83/10901378292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baileyelectrical.services/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81k88ig6ub1545vf1jr8hshpud/81754223392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/todufexidubefuxune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6cb0ecd8a---tutuxir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/88728135954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://isagenixmakessense.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20894202193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8a03e8e0b7---metafofodivugugopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca7f234099---47569170774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f4dd5f673---bidabifazotarosuganakivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ltptech.vn/uploads/userfiles/file/nerej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rydelko.pl/userfiles/file/28016839797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=abbey+grounds+cirencesterPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ef3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3A 10672 bytes
SHA-256: 8a883f271cf61f45c70f23c6755d5eedb74bcd4c28a6a7fe23e43217840638dd
font_01_sfnt_off000107ab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107AB 19072 bytes
SHA-256: 6b67b34f2e5f48a397800cbd20d3a45c009049b980405b034831228fd2408bf4
font_02_sfnt_off00013862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13862 2064 bytes
SHA-256: 5221cc56e96b657ff7c15f49bf1fbf1b5222e15cd7ffd769ce953162a3e53832
font_03_sfnt_off000141a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1