Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bd43467c2f2d0c9e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.4 KB Created: 2021-10-02 23:35:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 19ac5e524e0ef957fd9242a85f3fab52 SHA-1: 5192d9eeaaf09feff773d5ab598f5ac1ad5d7ddd SHA-256: bd43467c2f2d0c9e1e1a1c820e20d1e40cc8787f7b8fbd7a9bc95b9d720908a7
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a callback lure, instructing the user to call a phone number in a context of billing, refund, or security issues, which is a common tactic for tech-support scams and phishing. The presence of multiple links to potentially compromised domains and the ML classifier flagging the PDF as malicious further support this assessment. No scripts were extracted, but the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://sklepbonus.pl/userfiles/file/44502959980.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://bushurov.ru/images/files/xavomusolurekanagipezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thewellmanteam.com/userfiles/files/buzotuzafojosadovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.synagoge-stommeln.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bumobafejovesopovabami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albertoangel.sinecsas.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38389619179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmconcretemixingplant.ru/d/files/9933598067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obras.ru/sites/default/files/uploads/13235825735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodegaadrover.com/userfiles/imagenes/zusulemabeziwegol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nsdadventist.org/FCKData/file/xavasibow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talk200.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/xogawekarowijatarimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettoannalisatinelli.it/userfiles/files/8764012625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartvoicecom.com/userfiles/vefilezovova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ctapigroup3.com/contents/files/najebibalaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cserepakcio.hu/xdata/file/zawatatodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gokea.org/upload/editor/files/60572354915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161425809d152b---3183567357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lebedosapartotel.com/data/yukle/files/zopemuvejibuxalagoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130af71506f6---vizazewidezabokag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cageart.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614249bde7125---majukidafuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://t-p-fortune.com/userfiles/file/54052711183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://all-premium.com/user_file/files/85213642912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsde.com/uploads/files/43154730602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asirius.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47a1f5626309e567f3df7f5b6ec25fa9/rivalulozulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=contraceptive+pills+after+10+days+of+intercoursePDF 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_off0000aee4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAEE4 11096 bytes
SHA-256: 4327fdb2c8c616bca87c1e3c33c88ed00e30320d3d13141bc43a36194cb93f7f
font_01_sfnt_off0000c901.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC901 15396 bytes
SHA-256: 3fc102f1abc92909272241bc7f256cfb05ff350fcd662bb59127c18ed2be27da
font_02_sfnt_off0000efd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1