Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bb1eab6901847c5a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.6 KB Created: 2021-07-24 04:26:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 1f7b92ada852f2a544cb739e9207a676 SHA-1: f9af30f8875fdf561bf41d2d981cfb8520fce19e SHA-256: bb1eab6901847c5a6c802b2f0bc6dd3bebb2fcc2099a29248acff4afd3f36133
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number for a fake issue, a common tactic in tech support scams or callback phishing. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ee941b36785e8f277a694edc12db4b8/98572851322.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://healingtown.org/userData/board/file/wogarajedumixavag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veglifekc.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files//gobilavido.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surmounttravel.com/userfiles/files/88695567507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelihome.ru/upload_picture/mudoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chargers68-50th.com/clients/3/3d/3dd154274af4887fbe356f6dcfc18689/File/70828507672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-2/20210502131542337419.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonitomov.com/picture/file/tasobotaxirowumekef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lecieldesandes.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8470363104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://willmarlakesarea2040.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/modisagodipef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ckapcuqsdi55574ncc21ufb7pj/44484710906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceadersvalet.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160887a7c50d58---nunama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://extintoresorigen.com/images/editor/53024259114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q34lte8p81euhikv14r1ijer84/32323975321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tenniscanberra.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da6ef0f375f---70316901568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://liniagdanskzydowo.pl/files/susid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cf6a82aa99bca3d243a292d70071e2ae/jifavetowitumarogenubaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gcsystem.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a35debc80e---19939795725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/75929913428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coiffurenais.com/userfiles/file/27891493009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abhimaninteriors.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vulane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evg-prague.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094a41fa1e6e---sapugunugodokun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d560a24430---dipuretetawikuduzuwufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.com/contents//files/wokufenaronipapinen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pacpartner.net/images_client//imagesfile/5482590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+you+use+keurig+water+filter+cartridgesPDF 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_off00010fa5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FA5 17832 bytes
SHA-256: 7573226b097480afc3d8ac0a5a658d6a123635500daca4a4b0b0bd0fe6396102
font_01_sfnt_off00013ea2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EA2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000156b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x156B9 10928 bytes
SHA-256: 55b7a3f72b071e6f02fcd01ef8808e270a9bbd645861dd25254d2b9fe3a34644