Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6638e5524757ab0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

117.7 KB Created: 2021-09-08 11:26:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 9f2557e19d943fc90f7788adc83850d8 SHA-1: 952e9a2b5f635f7cb442ceaab2e68e166bbeca27 SHA-256: b6638e5524757ab015f903ffff306d316782e06b62cd1274f905640244bef453
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

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 http://kmconlinecme.com/userfiles/file/kinibena.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://mariautonoleggiomarsala.it/userfiles/files/28447853042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shmountaineering.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/do2gcunhnt015sbenq9clj1fg1/25889235339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autodilykanka.cz/cmsimple/images/file/kodaxezugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/amll72c1vt66cunp1jvj34o5sq/71195518752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071caa1e0faf---nobatulidomiriwuvesixoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://northjerseyseniormenssoftballleague.com/clients/2/22/22e10641a135963e7b476298ec508c3c/File/nitujazivefam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/77948365590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/nikolimupibukanepodimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiiga.ru/userfiles/file/simonopedagedumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e01545ec78---vimevuxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/678d41a7205f29950ec248b52d98f7f1/nipovudipeduxiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://caravanandre.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/507017462f7ef456df0dded00a123b72/gupiganodezuguma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://valstybestarnyba.com/upckfinder/files/bajojibapag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/437019873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/437f8e33dd38de4ee02de331add91e5e/54842883591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d031f793b3---wudot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taxiporec.top/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3caeln2c0dfe8g125m931959mf/87304575636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-25/20210525092007729063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willbramephotography.com/16971192621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8e034ecff---54591816508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubslotalmatriche.com/calcas/file/simat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=manufacturing+technology+1+question+bank+pdfPDF 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_off0001629b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1629B 11536 bytes
SHA-256: 615e70e15ac901e0d69132efd49c2c188ab13a0afd0efdad318d9bf920faca94
font_01_sfnt_off00017d3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17D3D 19948 bytes
SHA-256: 87a273ec4cf3d4ae1c4e32a83e3c91d3dd448e90dd990e3fa477d92eea61537d
font_02_sfnt_off0001b111.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B111 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1