Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 998735347113dd68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-11 11:42:54 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0295e8071f49bec41cfbfb94f08c180f SHA-1: 6d32447b58ccee5f767983cdea386597df9bda0d SHA-256: 998735347113dd68112b54c1449b16bfeea7ec6b5b41d4afa1c69c1a8033bb49
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters in some URLs further support a link farm tactic for evading detection and maximizing reach.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 https://vallejardin.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc37b3ece1caa71209796a7a7b0cdb2a/98524216294.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dbd309d5a9d2c4052cfc34999e5b306/60905170617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608395a021664---bofev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/gasexope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kompletucetnictvi.cz/files/file/13253274440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210525112436_911373284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://softtox.com/new/userfiles/file/dukiwafiremirunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hungthanhauto.com/luutru/files/95808676557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/60a02876ac27f1dc838eaceaf99ff9ac/17618705600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7b0f0c591d1cfce432cb76513931c2aa/57690460005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indacphuc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ub6ksjktkg47hrqadnls9h4kjp/79397447453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frankcapassoandsons.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160913f67ea389---durizuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4b1e3a162---norasurerojilotafimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alertgy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/885fc45d115df067811070ee316e7fc1/bafukitarukujipudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me//files/47235428716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d8da844e26---81580273119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/kipujafixavojijalixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/nuwejewigebog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2446665a.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98456847331.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotararicedo.ro/files/files/zibule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b66ce99b1d---299491535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moyamoya.center/images/hand_uploaded/files/32142898068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=krrish+2+hindi+movie+songs+downloadPDF 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_off0000f252.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF252 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A69 10860 bytes
SHA-256: d2abe26f148fc8ce4ed668334b686d7ca4152b247e0fb7619c22ca3ca4beea15
font_02_sfnt_off00012320.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12320 17376 bytes
SHA-256: d361630e0f64a27a1996399d4ef66120fe4d9f734c205ef2023298f88a6cbebd