Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d0305cd01004662a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:56:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 3f2227c9260caa675600fea35ea016ae SHA-1: 6bf85544201202857d3f247dfe6ec16326aa9a3c SHA-256: d0305cd01004662a650e9010d4eea8347ca8652c0d075789429f699ce2621540
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, potentially leading to credential harvesting or MFA abuse, and uses invoice/payment lures. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • MFA / one-time-code harvesting lure high SE_MFA_LURE
    Document asks for a one-time code, authenticator approval, or MFA confirmation — consistent with credential phishing kits that steal session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication
  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16107b9cf4d1a4---limal.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://aluminiosarla.com/userfiles_arla/files/74655168800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2eb1d1ef708cfd15eb12c1136769f22/kogelux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://costruzionibulagna.it/userfiles/files/9069522273.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leilehua76.com/clients/4/4d/4d80c013f15dbe3c797666a457780dca/File/fibatoxijogogatukopilosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160881c0021e5d---potoxibenutonekivo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://austral-immo.com/userfiles/files/98192267535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saleskerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70188624690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3cd70507bc---viwifavavukotubavekanofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/kubenoboluwolusawevazugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4reality.cz/userfiles/files/jodubiwopobuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eduinfinite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad7fae6e5cf0434c2266a5edf3ef8520/27825590226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipceurope.eu/assets/file/14258539284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dientrotiendathc.com/media/ftp/file/69290733393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rocksoliddesigns.biz/userfiles/file/71117129547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hospvetcentral.pt/site/upload/file/23410575822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienmaythanglong.org/uploads/files/9702411371.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stancijanegrin.com/userfiles/file/vakomiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9209d3917565e78b683e344b817c8917/72013354865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sukaunited4d.vip/contents/files/ditaxoruvabemuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160782b9a5ac24---dejuvidupakedetebowusena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d0da449d1---medelofebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct8ml6mwue.tw/uploads/files/28563121882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=clover+go+manual+entryPDF 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_off0000c34e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC34E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000db65.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB65 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 79b3d20f1b506a2876f0c913a212d0603df48f11d0a71933ddc6549da2cae925
font_02_sfnt_off0000f360.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF360 18272 bytes
SHA-256: 676003e2774311848fb78abfabcca47516f84b30cfea0a5246025477383739f0