Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b017c21e4fc65eb3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-29 10:29:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 066b9e07a54a28df737acbe6cd8064b6 SHA-1: 3debf1eb15ef12e5b0cd3cd0cfe4ef208c246a06 SHA-256: b017c21e4fc65eb3b2569ae322a4f2d9d815d152dde1918cbc252728a0e2b57a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document may also attempt to trick users into calling a fraudulent number, consistent with phishing or tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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 https://chcial.ru/uplcv?utm_term=wwe+battlegrounds+apk PDF link annotation
    • https://daotaolaixesontay.com/uploads/file/15763918007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandarinusa.com/userfiles/file/1630526692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31iou5g02nmppugitm3vqorni0/87134332334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokofontaenen.de/idata/rodigun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dmitrovka-zn.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72843046001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zamgph.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/uploads/file/171135182945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8981605539c2e357720c7cdf0fdf269/88032579656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/76064186883.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roomyab.ir/basefile/roomyabir/files/nonixutavevimobepajuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandplaza.bg/uploads/assets/file/5906479451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2015.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuxorutevekituf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finchamauto.com/pics/58761030202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomasmrazek.cz/userfiles/file/3159953518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/92072869522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cravaluos.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zanixamilevun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsse.cl/files/redorasod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tbff-bygg.se/img/files/titesivabulofolifej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttworld.hu/uploads/content_files/files/tokow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://designerhouse.ru/upload/files/48330714475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pepinieramontana.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kitogakaburidotatasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2winit.com/Files/files/61807883670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jurabos.nl/include/editor/file/87056147586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16145ba6dc32d8---kevodesibisokukinuvolunog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nbretail.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kenisuwabexagaputomaxis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluecreator.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29157319909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b1a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9B6 16320 bytes
SHA-256: c4749b6359be5878215f5d709716506f8d0e12789d37f36f43ef7788c0be8a78
font_02_sfnt_off0000f3a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3A7 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 6cebc47ea09d03a6bb743804547228d9daf10c5bcb6dddb805e7ee60e5cbd804