Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cd96d040cc3df906…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-04 19:57:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 90f9b36e117b95448fdb2756027cfbf3 SHA-1: 6046f0c5b86fa99f059c57e064fa53a4fb2a6ea3 SHA-256: cd96d040cc3df9066cad9e0de29864dea47db349b391532bbf05787f7006984a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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 compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting sites, consistent with phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggest an attempt to trick users into visiting malicious sites or potentially engaging with a callback scam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://le383.com/uploads/files/linozevanekaxipilinupozin.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://woodwork.pl/ubezpiecz/obrazy/file/pufipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuexe7cho.vn/upload/files/86228548253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094553f51677---ragimowobejorunazobaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/92002175757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfplus.ba/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e46b654f5---kisejaxevewojabufavuvefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/webegozedokotiwafora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/59034067700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb2c27047b3c52e23a3c428c57892edf/tamedatedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krikrik.ru/uploads/ckfinder/files/89206625520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amongelite.com/ci/userfiles/files/zusivananixotaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da243a1e601---nisokibubez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20dd64f57718cebd71bd690853fa7669/56378873839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uzmanwebci.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xopixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://85560891.com/upfolder/e/files/20210828223429.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/67142973490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akapacha.com/userfiles/file/wuvaluzisimefewavive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vydavatelstvoklett.sk/userfiles/file/86679761294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bcfac57c5f1---nobexagabimujozatemar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9m2252h3gnv1tm5nsgi9cb1a10/73631396791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70dec76bd9beb305d39558880d18091c/guduborajalef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aczelzalog.hu/tmp/76049988060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/jupinovuruxireto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796b488a6ff---nologajizokamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8e27c952007f8e70083758cf087c3cd2/jezetibivukuwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=flowers+name+in+marathi+pdfPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e005.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE005 22828 bytes
SHA-256: 7f688e28ef9898cbd57e430905ad056e9ef0f12478c4e50d73b3ce4a93113093
font_01_sfnt_off00011a61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A61 10828 bytes
SHA-256: d5948a7ea098dc7b1d5e5e987eab3d2cba381310d16a155059431400c7e2193c
font_02_sfnt_off00013333.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13333 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1