Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bdbbece4efc3bb68…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 18:00:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f8c52c593530fc0eed577976344a0f70 SHA-1: 218eab4cf4e403a60296415ff0d30d265ea47f20 SHA-256: bdbbece4efc3bb68a3ffe2cb1c804c77cfbe39f7a67eec10d96d38dcedebcdd8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links to external sites, many hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic confirms the document's intent to trick users into making a phone call, a common tactic in phishing and tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ord+to+stt+nonstop
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090c78bafd14---zuburodasaguzigofizir.pdf
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/266a55189ccd16e8bee921dc5c1dfd06/rojesipimesidit.pdf
    • http://dok-vo.ru/userfiles/file/fujesibenivi.pdf
    • http://chupanhnoithat.vn/upload/files/tuwotezarobaduso.pdf
    • https://lakecountyoralsurgery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7669c0d0f---todigure.pdf
    • https://fototipia.hu/files/files/5546715421.pdf
    • http://www.srijonihealinghome.com/fckimages/file/vujowigawakasor.pdf
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/54873077835.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hj74ul62nhaf6717ne64g908so/penixi.pdf
    • https://zionapostolicministries.org/uploads/file/32729088156.pdf
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093ae853d86a---kuzepene.pdf
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2656c440e6bf797ddd879e6f32c3a944/89169155441.pdf
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9sb7u9gmsmgg944nt1nuf216bf/38016110308.pdf
    • http://dhf-china.com/d/files/3640703885.pdf
    • https://www.saenger-ohg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080cba6ecece---86473864230.pdf
    • http://crystalnymph.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/24a8b2ef11d5ddf9ee97630e18bdadc4/lizizatidu.pdf
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160945f6d384ce---22318293722.pdf
    • http://bjsprt.com/uploadfile/file///2021062504042550.pdf
    • http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d819eef13e0---15735316352.pdf
    • https://www.die-umzugsfabrik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be64c6f3783---5290891217.pdf
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a63255d889---jirilubuzufomejejumaniki.pdf
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac90a827f2b---damorobixir.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaa65034996e17c9d9c58f4a214577d9/pajavaneg.pdf
    • http://4bzsoftware.com/Images_upload/files/88653646309.pdf
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7318236aeec6ddf872030830936a8db6/lagerawades.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edb4.bin
28050b907eb179469c89b86cd9096860fbc743a3718c4e5fc0bcc2df6cad73ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDB4 18248 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011ded.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DED 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013603.bin
37b61fd2d0aa2991e59d97315780e64950d97a98841b0cf1f97f5a0ecbcd5e00
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13603 9980 bytes