Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 af52016f29afd1f2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

121.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 02:12:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 410676a1b41aa1fd125e96762fd6ae22 SHA-1: 9c6df97e58b88ecabf63d6ca70a412227edcf9c5 SHA-256: af52016f29afd1f2f2ddb2d923a0982abe01c69e4bc1fdc2d82d0a960f62e56b
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and a machine learning model assigned a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains a visual download button lure and a callback lure, suggesting it aims to trick the user into downloading a malicious file or contacting a fraudulent support line. Numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://dolcezzecaffe.it/file/vemiwevasonobepixuwaku.pdf
    • https://flvirginia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/185b3ac0e909acf9bbfc152f55be8e04/xezumuziz.pdf
    • http://bradhelferlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/livegukerutopirufizan.pdf
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/85953514264.pdf
    • http://www.weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sesetakinotofimogolu.pdf
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923f8e678be---42143441578.pdf
    • https://baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tibaxumomalajotasexafo.pdf
    • http://bocghebinhduong.com/media/ftp/file/junasipufoditodovi.pdf
    • https://mednet.mk/public_html/upload/userfiles/file/xogizezanetot.pdf
    • https://pypconsultores.mx/userfiles/file/80792377325.pdf
    • https://blsautomation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38171525395.pdf
    • http://erisalaw-chicago.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/87009072332.pdf
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/jiripelibonojagipenifoji.pdf
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1s55oomigqoofriud3gi4rlsk0/gelip.pdf
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073cd10aad76---panifasupoxewoxuramo.pdf
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zipirasupuramibejolimuveg.pdf
    • http://www.carolglassman.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160950f5063e69---53981640289.pdf
    • https://centar-znr-zop.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7c12cae4f---47191397218.pdf
    • http://ngnjl.com/userfiles/files/40044549073.pdf
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1j296f7u7svild9orm22k74253/21690374022.pdf
    • http://riggi.ru/userfiles/file/totigixibejubin.pdf
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/47670752589.pdf
    • http://www.kidnuri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f2716580b6c---21827069771.pdf
    • https://www.ferienhof-schneider.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff63f6bda6---guliwifemibujamulumazam.pdf
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/files/88039175090.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gta+5+cheats+ps4+unlimited+money+phone
    • 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_off00017937.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17937 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00019149.bin
226630882437fb4016fa5da1d64991a59e9f4e332406ae847d1dd59cfd3ea04a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19149 17684 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001bfc4.bin
f3f3be8f44733940b98aea77f926f9cc50bca44c0a82ee4a8cfff1978e31d2bc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BFC4 11144 bytes