Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c463a99439d95ca1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.3 KB Created: 2021-06-28 19:31:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 0733d08f327ee18d3f4aaac7b22f901b SHA-1: 7c67226a1007b3320dee6bd8398b615b2035fc51 SHA-256: c463a99439d95ca1d74a0fd6eced70c99e041bf8e1a17a1ab55a6febeec2a997
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites hosting other PDFs. The presence of embedded URLs and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to distribute further malicious content or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://mixmarketing.vn/upload/fck/file/subuzu.pdf
    • https://consultingexpert.eu/fckeditor/userfiles/file/pebarosopowidomati.pdf
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/josomuv.pdf
    • http://larrysiegellaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/67153989956.pdf
    • http://khiconghoixuancong.com/Khicong/admin/userfiles/file/ximosefuzifepadali.pdf
    • https://www.charityweiss.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160776e5cdeb4d---kifisusisev.pdf
    • https://cnn-logistics.com/asset/files/76472264791.pdf
    • http://dekoblickfang.de/userfiles/file/49144286389.pdf
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1f203dbe88---dejevudeg.pdf
    • https://www.makathastaliklari.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d913539bbd---repirovafojazedonegot.pdf
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jp4f5hh77vnaleifg75t1ncok0/verejomevipuvuziradovezi.pdf
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fd9a8vave7vcfd6pujkduue6b6/33367650828.pdf
    • http://mutamobilya.com/images_upload/files/rugatumezejam.pdf
    • http://sevimticaret.net/userfiles/file/33275333765.pdf
    • https://truck-diagnostic.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c72b7510cd4dfa3853f3a444a8768774/36650977727.pdf
    • http://dmn.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cfaeede3b---47443823250.pdf
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824b33d6e8a---bimizemavimulirunonanori.pdf
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ec7b4df92---tatemozajatumav.pdf
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7ebb5d9d03---21373649492.pdf
    • http://cesishotel.lv/res/wysiwyg/file/nifuzafulorutekolewivap.pdf
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8e927bd88e---194395634.pdf
    • https://gdr.co.il/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/34979c8053c1f8064485d829e1b03e11/vaxuxawotixi.pdf
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/19353186802.pdf
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beac368bd5f---79568632841.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=greenfly+on+mint+plant
    • 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_off0000ebcf.bin
3b2e48bd7f8a8389099782d1a140c5902da1fb87aa1496efbc86347646a56303
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBCF 10504 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000103b3.bin
d3eff341562addcef10e26ec92f0537ae44de2c35464c70a8f9f48ffb8c4b939
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x103B3 16440 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012e39.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12E39 16792 bytes