Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd3d3b0ea2cf1f88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.4 KB Created: 2021-08-30 10:00:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: e16dc1f526237d067abf346fc002dfe9 SHA-1: 8b26a4af8fbec8b9bb055d5f49254843584b6814 SHA-256: bd3d3b0ea2cf1f88bf2de14324606f56b9697d6f452d8a862250ec6a6733226b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a phishing or scam campaign. 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 operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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 http://puisan.ru/uploads/file/1982616573.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bckbytow.naszbip.pl/img/upload/files/85019662417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e97e683322f3ab8909b3c46a24005f25/16962477794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pergamine.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74937462501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://higher-reason.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qt5u3emag6sgc2fkhol64ps88/xebagabewufovutineg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/60012330747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jgmurphy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/907955be9f24011770584252503343c7/79915032636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chagatea.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7025f2f478b71597861f21c9f39b4b0b/tolezojex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fueandhair.com/userfiles/files/bimemolevixulasitol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianmailbox.com/assets/images/userfiles/files/7737560074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/pisitaxuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mikailang.net/userfiles/file/20210506180910_808997001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/31423515922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/905555b8a24bc38ea961acb205b7f266/43106066011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donovaly-ubytovanie-safran.sk/web/userfiles/file/vubijavavevusugitajusune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7810e98df5da4e68e3cc8c3237369449/32046912018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hamasataccessories.com/userfiles/files/78534046824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tvtamminhphat.com/uploads/userfiles/file/68960959871.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ojchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pumogig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuzoku-kyujin.jp/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8799879005.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2115c5a304---sopokekisutupo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bhiringisamsankalimandir.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11327670993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kepco-group.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/xuwolevademuditisexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9oksieflog7vsobm5oc2k2bsc2/78416051501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160848e9352b23---vakex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fb83e36504---48284426211.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=advantages+of+technology+for+studentsPDF 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_off0000dd58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD58 10924 bytes
SHA-256: 57eb74bf011294ec4de920174e6c992471d5a649f4ba8d256ddd5d1dde3ec4c1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f685.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF685 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E97 15912 bytes
SHA-256: 4a6173131571215f581c255e79a1ea2de8f9291e48100ffa8ebeef9caac7c218