Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b75280d5d0fa06bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 01:20:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: cfd86e9de8f1e5e0e1b6eb8aa74a968a SHA-1: 363628e254a34ab562ad91858f58a3f95ae95cea SHA-256: b75280d5d0fa06bcc12b3871165f10c2968ee2ca28a3e4c299ddeed432f21241
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including ML classification and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The presence of a callback lure heuristic further supports a phishing or scam-related attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9980

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • LOLBin token sequence in document text high SE_LOLBIN_RUN_COMMAND
    Extracted document text contains a Windows script/execution tool name (PowerShell, mshta, cmd, rundll32, regsvr32, …) within 220 characters of a dangerous flag, command verb, or URL. This is a visible 'run this' instruction in HTML/PDF/RTF lure bodies, or — in macro-laden Office files — the macro's own string-pool entries appearing adjacent in extracted text.
  • 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://interference.ajoda.eu/userfiles/files/52916797710.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/jejewowenitiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70193263815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1116d6076014517ed45a9706ba5d98fe/98947146927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://senseoftourism.dk/userfiles/file/23478773602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auswallendorf.de/userfiles/file/gesavisoxumiwonokavoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopiergentili.it/userfiles/files/61018900426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theurbanthinktank.com/files/28633538141.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klimavill.com/data/editorfile/43027230646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16143bb47144d3---zirotapaludokezazotudegux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charmingcurls.se/upload/file/79853482480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfiles/file/25555718056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/bobomojibixilus.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/64846512254.pdfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/85546618486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freeware-software-download.de/uploads/editor/file/12243375200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehedgerowchronicles.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9384107946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majedalkarkhi.com/pics/file/77734403653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propertiproperty.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/filevujujizogupej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctners.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nitogizagenubalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akproauto.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/memujovamakuwolagomidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drmarlenebothma.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135168deed53---mevagilaloveroxigi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kawoka.com/userfIn macro / runtime command snippet
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=fonelab+android+dataPDF 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_off0000c1aa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC1AA 18860 bytes
SHA-256: 5a480b1bbc8221324f7334c124f9ed141cc3521138ecbdebaf57f8a9a71944d9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f374.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF374 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b8b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8B 10188 bytes
SHA-256: df9fa6ea52e548566328a0d7bf687d06c11b24c411ba0ee58615727868f1577c