Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6b211372fbf7f47…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:06:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 363b05b3e6976d796c11e358719a8017 SHA-1: b7a6128dee59409490a1cd55b6efdf66134561d2 SHA-256: b6b211372fbf7f47047dd63e4712172727d56f43a81510cc382727f482824e84
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to host malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams or callback phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9786

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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.helmmsp.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/857f8775d7358a2a6b2055adf2425c9b/posibaravixet.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://lionkingbali.com/uploads/file/zomeseluxozikel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af92c611e56---44738459690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f0112168a4---sigabiriwuzuxuriri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nirexusodugomunijasasitiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crisismobile.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wexedijiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/343d70b461d7cba55e8c03d03fa277fa/kaxemumalepopuxababudipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://penoplex24.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be01045aa0a---20369913530.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d04e929b53---tenajikoweponinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734a0adffa4---kefatoresonutekageb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frennphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f310f391d---22732567475.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unsersohn.ch/images/file/96836746937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hkbca.org/UploadFiles/file/20210602193643169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dd2d4893b7ae446c33960d7c1c4e341/jupesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8hk3j12165ags87tjlu6ljajcu/11915424654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jrmhandling.nl/upload/file/68605401862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadgatecapital.com/userfiles/file/zisuvorefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.getfitcrew.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b30c7f609b5---moduwosufisapomozurij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7767319d3---42048196968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c31674c100c---35598117611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fc300f03b---gonudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81c30c8402648de9d64e41a08f578e55/luganajojetazimakaxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86fb0ed562471765cd012113ef35191d/podezotepotejirurabepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160923f7b2fbc3---jazelulirofuxizituxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sad-azov.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a256b2c5f5a919692a30b7360a3e492c/futiwutufibifiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q6odi4qa0dujp5ldh7ti1k7661/jewavunizireleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=explanation+of+poem+a+tiger+in+the+zooPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107E4 10784 bytes
SHA-256: b103f99dd522d6c8de396d217cf1dc03b9c2eebc48f710504fd5dc0dde2db9c2
font_02_sfnt_off00012085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12085 16224 bytes
SHA-256: da79484a7f94e028a8871d907a282bdc2df095dfef79f7b1f2af1efeeab75da7
font_03_sfnt_off00013626.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13626 17072 bytes
SHA-256: abc511e6f6e0997ff2c953be6e14445862f03cbfdbcab941039d0219bc3cccbf