Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ae4c0f3280073b84…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.8 KB Created: 2021-07-27 06:32:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b6bee586a1f4f799f49beb572bd1b4be SHA-1: 9f811f6feec071d17855e4c8cba5a7c90aab6b44 SHA-256: ae4c0f3280073b844b25456ff258480d5acedf0f86a93b6fae68b306f7fe28c4
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document 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 storage and other potentially malicious URLs, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to phishing or malware hosting sites. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document may also be designed to trick users into calling a fraudulent support number.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9884

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://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a807eb4eb9---pezoropavogodimafipagok.pdf
    • https://jmtours.co/aym_image/files/selifeluraxivovusen.pdf
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0a0bb9eb6---kitemufelomijebagufel.pdf
    • http://alarmy-kamery24.pl/userfiles/file/katutofutap.pdf
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bf07dbcd92---75806250873.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a26spk2is3da4l8fbg14nvjt6n/tukaduloxajaxavalowin.pdf
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a9d861dfe7---22173579096.pdf
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e7724aa5d2---94629818515.pdf
    • http://klpa.net/userData/board/file/7791707051.pdf
    • https://giant-nano.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/49679453835.pdf
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f58405c7a---tunixif.pdf
    • http://stroi-sistema.ru/img/vasuwenodiwovig.pdf
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099c33a0272b---zitameki.pdf
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ca9e5830b1041a784e89e8888c186a3/32017225908.pdf
    • http://wenxuezj.com/images/File/74142293361.pdf
    • http://quickfix-poland.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e2a081cff2---mufuludedozupinajipe.pdf
    • http://www.primalegal.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/enk2q8bpe9h6nbqf9uiobt9d83/81351948811.pdf
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e986cc8fa406fbaa1529ba3ef1337da6/88475089201.pdf
    • http://frutapacargentina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80555482495.pdf
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608dc85d38b07---15364050451.pdf
    • http://truhlarstvisollner.cz/data/file/witefepa.pdf
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6a8aca28f1---26156566682.pdf
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/xifozizagasimo.pdf
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5aaab3c5cf---39618939205.pdf
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bccc197ad1bac43b6d6df7d31e0f9087/podas.pdf
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eab8d98a4666a2bf012f8f25b5cc0d95/90426099456.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+check+my+verizon+hotspot+usage
    • 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_off0000f42c.bin
329c67007835890ed4b9aa0e252203685134a485f6f6d79b172d7716bf14b136
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF42C 17964 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001238d.bin
90eae95fdf1dcc6d283f063bc7873ec3a0042692358304356e88948560adbe76
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1238D 11424 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e38.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E38 16792 bytes