Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf4c2e881f6b190d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-07-13 02:14:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: ccfb99ca543712b4434f8095281e7d2a SHA-1: 2b81079cb26f5c3ccb052fd129456b3d16b23733 SHA-256: bf4c2e881f6b190d95a254745870e6e40e58714c4d93ce0e0cf9ffe4c65b07ed
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. The document contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to host malicious content. 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 schemes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 8

  • PRC/3D content in PDF medium CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+12+icon+pack+apk+download PDF link annotation
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609339f6c8fc6---76730685122.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a1339a06dedb7b4f79a69b87b7aaafb/kesavitibuwodeburupuxasur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightupalife.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dab7b258e4d---vurinivoribaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bean2beenefamilytree.com/clients/60578/File/8144749754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ttlengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8540d1fd35---42703562746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zdravi-kromeriz.cz/files/file/99924456573.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lubrifianti-auto.ro/files/file/zotutepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607705ef3aa0f---74584271766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec3e93df8ca---37421337533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vetranhtuongmamnon.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dhot40m1o8cloh8fkqj7glgp8p/luzupufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://108homed.com/userfiles/files/24541205464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ddd64bddd6208d9a1144c4aeda16cb8/83563109611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609faa82193d6---36397648371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mgocsm.in/userfiles/file/36334027044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iominneapolis.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/96cd9cf0690c9d37262f39b4345fdf7b/jukelo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160789a1ceae6a---funuti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestforfishing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f2370e922b8b58bd5f95cece407dab0/34594776560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jikaramen.com/uploads/files/xafawujod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a445378efbe---9842488807.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078f1581cc0f---nifaporexod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joyfool.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/830303c7792af7ff222c2d901966cda1/97059299286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/72049460405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://norservis.cz/files/files/14384641715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f59b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF59B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010dad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DAD 17564 bytes
SHA-256: 4912fcfd030d04472c04372dc744a68143828b84af523f549461e21c83233f81
font_02_sfnt_off00013bcd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BCD 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 3f8bf61a20188156bbaac5f08d1be1da730bf42fede62912ef67c58a19b47f07