Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4826364612c064e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-09-08 02:50:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 570d3cc39c441fc989e9752ee44e268d SHA-1: 29fe5474635103d05d5d08ee3c1a892e2a3b5e79 SHA-256: c4826364612c064edd7f7366f2d40ec2e1e8d32cd623b22f70bc79a3a3ce91f6
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to compromised websites, indicating an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a 'callback lure' heuristic further supports a social engineering pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=ecological+footprint+worksheet+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://jentretiens.ch/uploadimage/91876199472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.freshstartdigitalmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/475b6189e1514c1a42ce11cb5ca30a03/mezukipolulovonelosofako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makemycake.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jd066ijfhhtv5ac4gcj264br0j/10403864230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arbormaster.net/uploads/files/kupagivagakisenoviridon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gangwonbnb.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210621_9746290704372476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelci.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://monkey-do.net/userfiles/file/52421647519.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70707596716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://101eyewear.com/luutru/files/30058561940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://morethancleaningservices.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0163fcb64f8ba553f095535da6e0eeb/12967525896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elsa-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vabuzukoxotimugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golddustdental.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a35f82a2987---95488663024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----8sbaavnccwq4am.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2aa14a9c94e630a362f05f5dabfada4f/28674589213.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://business-plan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/fikiliz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dhcom.vn/userfiles/file/67759804226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/jutibexepinijadigokat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horgaszvelem.elelmiszer-hazhozszallitas.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89686658196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3a2271df50---70149015983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brooklynsmokeshops.com/admin/images/file/37584435782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greensketch.in/userfiles/file/8423434737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160904921da5cd---jexuzijosunexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luyenthitoeic.info/userfiles/file/57196618176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elsekmont.eu/userfiles/file/sigukamoponojaposisesenuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/worakenubezujox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullertherapy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7f27d6bd2---kajilixeripalobizarotosiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--o79av69abka850ab6c.com/upload/file/202106071952468443.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_off0000c48c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC48C 10920 bytes
SHA-256: 108c25d14e35879e30fce8460d494a6052222becf5353d3bfc2e13e712616838
font_01_sfnt_off0000dde4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDDE4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5F6 16932 bytes
SHA-256: a4ab68f3bfd56a97dd726ec4e1c96ee8a4403c34bd3aa7d4281e7f31d45559a1