Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c4e4172d8d96098d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-02 00:53:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8bdc59b360d6bc08bb07ed5a12c06f3f SHA-1: 4cc635601260bf6fbd07b59f90a75b1871a63a7d SHA-256: c4e4172d8d96098d076d19cbee2ad7934ff0a7473fd814ba6c50b1c5eda0fd95
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a high number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it's part of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. 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 operations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=isotherm+3000+manual PDF link annotation
    • https://www.nuyew.academy/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b02abb4ccbe84ae0f43b583dae9f1ddc/gipodupodukegake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mehreganimaging.ir/images/upload/files/fazukoketeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://conrays.ru/f/data/keres.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annassteen.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8240206493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thinkglobalcompliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33025583330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growlocals.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d3c82d8651a0a28c3944691c241649a1/pumanawemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/824130276d89db8c672cb2665581a108/xixogejobelivebonotexop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uppld.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608768903d9d6---7294244118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markasib.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46825316915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajur.rest/uploads/userfiles/file/nufote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taiwan-tiaya.com/upload/tiaya_official/files/jawatomojere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukrarska-vyroba.cz/UserFiles/File/8613165860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clickkedai.com/userfiles/file/turiwufididitutokigele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a24c1e22f1f---tewad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-metalparts.com/d/files/51622956145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba16d2f2572---vegetaraxufuguxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anmoul.com/userfiles/file/57545365935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austria-ex.com/images/blog//file/88397254947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13184892058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/596e4f70e247a017262241b2ef357418/tamefuleluzuzuxaginixumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marjoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/23143268764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmvlpslimited.com/ci/userfiles/files/gagipifurefokewexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartgallery.com/clientMedia/file/59111622736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://colorfulmedia.de/fotki/fotki/file/16367917096.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycolaborativo.com/uploads/files/96908488725.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_off0000dfbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFBC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7D3 10628 bytes
SHA-256: caa69f21bcec9f865c90d4a434decc3e18bd32d29f991a499d150b6b18ffd58e
font_02_sfnt_off0001100e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1100E 19168 bytes
SHA-256: 7ea5c13f4a28107c80fd72e56d94cc47fc4833e00c8d9f85addbfb9aad6ea923