Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9de3a3e50186b573…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.7 KB Created: 2021-08-14 07:24:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6ace9480d93189dfa9c93bcdb4aaef9e SHA-1: 0765d65d1e973aed0178f37ccc5963235ffea9f9 SHA-256: 9de3a3e50186b573e150662560ddc6bfc6513dc710d39d5c5e7b7c777047ccfa
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for SEO manipulation or malicious redirection. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing or scam pretext, further supported by the 'ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS' and 'CLAMAV_DETECTION' firings. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack pattern involves directing users to external, potentially malicious, URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9820

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://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72cd6ff284fc158089dd5d76ab59fa47/wofumojokajar.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://derfo.info/resimler/files/tebobafowakigodudesumeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bagstyle.uz/images/file/kabazoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shop-ecobati.com/medias/upload/files/mixasugujuwufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904d0840c1e---90185529991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad09a97de6b---watemotivetekufewefuduk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sibewelanupunaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starlightcelebre.org/clients/4/43/43e9139217482d7666ce300faf566241/File/68645476083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ophtalmic-overnight.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076090e776b6---63019832578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjmcp.jp/userfiles/Image/file/givovifowib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tramtronbetong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/kuvud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/80119874679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607af4001b5b2---famopadoge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://briljant-maleri.se/UserFiles/files/ranarikixajewowulama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.abandassociates.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81530126788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070a391ecc26---gumepalovebusedufozixiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arci-mp.fr/admin/File/sanet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdd6f0130f1---18350506538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aca30c6c0a5---74251156983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reclaimsplus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b7d945ffa47ffb68982a15f7940b202/50169870078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4923c93fae---29086506507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://provia-events.de/pics/fotos/1/file/rivowifem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vstarmp.cn/upload/files/20210614_084923.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajatotogroup3.com/contents//files/nuzawejisixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tekutokavikigapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pb-book.com/user_file/file/nowavomoginotalowezenoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=lycoming+o-540+maintenance+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_off000115c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C8 10844 bytes
SHA-256: ea6bd58b185f859123a9a0c22ab1a219b8499c71750c5c3185f3b16dbd286872
font_01_sfnt_off00012eee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12EEE 17692 bytes
SHA-256: 2fb63e3a84940ea705aae853c33370250211393a01e879c2d19ae1bce209b5e8
font_02_sfnt_off00015d6c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15D6C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1