Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d22385be51c31798…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.2 KB Created: 2021-09-19 10:27:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ccaa72e64d1e79fdd56f47c41c8b3e96 SHA-1: 475de4afe6050bfc095d15ac1728c9ad9fafd1e8 SHA-256: d22385be51c317988a8731df81e99f26dabc3cadce3faf72a0cba23ec63e8db6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The file is a PDF containing numerous links, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates a phishing or tech-support scam pattern. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious sites via the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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 https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614175e6dc097---71457369396.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/lotarosobulidukumulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maytinhdalat.vn/images/uploads/files/26458948891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heizler.hu/files/file/nokovugivuxidod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assofmt.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1476396069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfectprojects.ro/userfiles/file/82447549155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protok.pro/upload/files/nobubuwekokan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xetnghiemadndanang.com/upload/userfiles/files/tizametibalikugujolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leruichem.com/upload/files/pivesodefevoret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandenzobv.com/image_uploads/file/korekavutenamumopedox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://realfootball.gr/userfiles/file/40884819365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davnosti.ru/upload/wovanafibiwitojiwuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ddabc39a33438c5193b7d811d6b988d3/59594295919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calienglish.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/95521580593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluelakehomestay.com/uploads/image/files/77947135580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domuran.pl/files/file/zedafaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingspec.su/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sc93flitsaphfmfh886t0139di/36449567170.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-2000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxojibumutilojos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j1etueu22dndplra9mhcrr62nj/zekukidigusitomekoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhongresort.com/img/files/lewiwusanitowifiwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiendadelbordado.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/giruzokufifewonul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korytnica.net/data/files/13225347999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/juraxivos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=tor+in+androidPDF 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_off00015099.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15099 9760 bytes
SHA-256: 2f87d20427b13a3df3a3d610c17bb264279f2f539f05c408d5f83948bccc25d1
font_01_sfnt_off000165ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x165ED 20136 bytes
SHA-256: 470ee7ebe11e2625b2ecf7d61d20495e8f48efd8c3643dee0ca13416af93e4e6
font_02_sfnt_off00019b48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19B48 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1