Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 abdbfbcf161c85d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 21:52:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: abc4f59308f5630b9aff950478523ace SHA-1: f098cf093fe462cc8fbf7af6e0df16b0be43d5df SHA-256: abdbfbcf161c85d9fc529f272862e056651b19f79d68d8c247577f79d1310ffb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates it may also be used for callback phishing or tech-support scams. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the link farm suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites.

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://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b90f2b1c28a---patilugolibovonivol.pdf
    • https://nuevocoach.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e06723f0223ff9b293a33d4ffc28ebf6/sebejunibolamonozemo.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607236b42befa---65156890918.pdf
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/keduviwodofometikenizoj.pdf
    • https://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160744a9716c48---wovibinigogesiwo.pdf
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/96143659826.pdf
    • https://computerzone.pk/file/42002528900.pdf
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a05c5d38a81---japosomopus.pdf
    • https://bnbtravels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40131810027.pdf
    • https://alternatifhirdavat.com/upload/ckfinder/files/mogajawas.pdf
    • http://precedent.by/_newsite/images_from_html_editor/file/42837271084.pdf
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0i5vmqvr7smkpql6tm4j6bm39g/1230005353.pdf
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04301b3643591493d72250553032c0e6/minusofulujerimabesefug.pdf
    • http://denki-shonan.com/uploadsfile/lubizawixetatiz.pdf
    • http://pengyou-english.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210805_DDDB6EFE45917061.pdf
    • http://gapoom.com/upload/fckeditor/file/xuxebisujufobofebike.pdf
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0oij64uu4kleabcfqm92nj4p43/dexuzunigumufazaxoxezo.pdf
    • http://kryotherapie.net/neu/userfiles/file/97987635570.pdf
    • https://digireg.it/upload/dodozowamavalejalukafose.pdf
    • http://wine-paraphernalia.com/files/winep/_repo/file/20464610174.pdf
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608100760594b---vibopotitinolunadidub.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ren4boa1arffdf3s0jm2usvgs2/93402032041.pdf
    • https://ta-taiwan.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/vixixapa.pdf
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098cee812ff9---xuduwiboruzu.pdf
    • http://kraljicabih.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ceb06d8e31---42542467860.pdf
    • https://sevsport.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d1bf3fd397580b7ef0075f2b7d96275/peneliruru.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=ecuaciones+diferenciales+de+orden+superior+no+homogeneas+ejercicios+resueltos
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010188.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10188 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001199f.bin
85f7d18bd13262eefad9d8ed6287f4e24d39e9b353e16ee2d6e79ebaaae2e413
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1199F 11280 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000133a2.bin
8b1fc52839b32c67cf235dfb738635047ea94f5c2df4f3ee4c8d422863bc27b8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133A2 17276 bytes