Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4a2f3f1fb4953c8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-28 16:20:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 690d188877630dc42706d34b5cbe9604 SHA-1: a89b43cf62cf0a2e7c4910bb0f4692e5ce1346e9 SHA-256: d4a2f3f1fb4953c8e48b8f464927b0246ef4706ac21446cb91466ae2380149cb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or scam attempt. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number for a fake issue, a common tactic in tech-support scams. Numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to host malicious content or redirect users.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138fa0a64c4c---61536595884.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ginzaramen.us/uploads/files/25852837225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kulittelor.com/contents/files/vetemuxoxasonolemigebam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsegroup.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6roarbeea6364hugp4usoq82d1/voruxuzevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fecomerciomg.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131ccfd2e614---vuvilewogaperepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614138d73b297---molasazupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaaaf3faf26adf5ce8e487a11a12459e/82665907981.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://associatedreclaimed.com/userfiles/files/6282775249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://facilitymanagementassociates.com/survey/userfiles/files/80006774465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.youngzonejewelry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27878111461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/logutod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q21njlqsst9iac49tfglj0vqgr/37094848556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arucax.am/user_images/file/52848547478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://idfusionllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30f542f45725fb81cc7981e314e8c1ec/64658874901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoithanhhang.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/mafas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matricula.netlandschool.cl/files/73608366704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gpaci.org.br/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miputagut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://share-world.tw/userfiles/file/xodobiwuwepuwonixenalex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toananhmedical.com/uploads/files/lumasojedupabagakomatuwiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gc-antey.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kixifafimafiwapenabuxemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daotaonhaccong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/29300434011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fe4479627e---ximowibetenazuparakuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----7sbabaajmdfbk3ddf3azka3b6a2r.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/noxoziwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cabanagarden.hu/editor_up/32799584406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkserwis.pl/userfiles/file/kukobofuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=next+comet+visible+from+earth+2021PDF 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_off0000b33f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB33F 15512 bytes
SHA-256: 9efef690ad2dce793a837c2c8d64c85c9f8375b13633c5f1d25263d1c1082cd9
font_01_sfnt_off0000da9c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA9C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f2b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2B3 11076 bytes
SHA-256: d32e6fb7820201202bdd2c995dcb61a36f88364d0cfd1185a9d58b9da1e521cf