Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d4e323c655cd20a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.6 KB Created: 2021-08-07 07:31:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 398f380d1c6ce4b29bf9b83af7faabc3 SHA-1: 3908d10d5d7e12d091ecf6596e42b3221d595337 SHA-256: d4e323c655cd20a1d393a72ed839abebc6b6e3c8e1d0863c68ce8f50d0765d68
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's designed to host malicious files. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic specifically points to a callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern, where the user is prompted to call a number for a fake issue. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of external links and the overall structure suggest an attempt to trick the user into initiating a fraudulent interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9866

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://communeouchamps.fr/userfiles/file/4862362408.pdf
    • https://www.guestquesttravelmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41f56u58ifbr4hbl3u65mrq3vd/45063104681.pdf
    • http://asja-doll.ru/userfiles/file/vuzilazapibujuzekop.pdf
    • http://nhasachthunam.com/upload/files/rakej.pdf
    • http://qlinairnv.be/userfiles/file/kovurazevu.pdf
    • https://gresathouse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/717770d378d1b218c55dd6be6e960ceb/dikupobilutowutamori.pdf
    • http://didula.ru/img/file/zusabukubejoboweteza.pdf
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/27319867144.pdf
    • http://turksebruiloften.nl/userfiles/file/52571049617.pdf
    • http://train-in-japan.com/images/blog//file/subot.pdf
    • https://cleaner.pl/userfiles/file/89936324733.pdf
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c57dbb760d---soburikevovowifelag.pdf
    • http://wasserburg.pl/userfiles/file/93353444537.pdf
    • http://historia-bfured.hu/userfiles/file/gerugalexaxegurupavema.pdf
    • http://www.asslar.de/downloads/koguruvodarebinijinuzida.pdf
    • https://yomadesign.com/userfiles/Proj_Name//files/lonekekeg.pdf
    • http://thehonourride.ca/clients/c/c2/c2a221447f3e921143a55eca482c8289/File/26261267397.pdf
    • http://solsethreunion.com/clients/f/f5/f56c6d7ba488b74ef40bd02d3fc4d0b2/File/97623222474.pdf
    • http://www.jhannahs.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a076097065f---kufubasomid.pdf
    • https://transport-vehicules.fr/userfiles/file/35559623821.pdf
    • http://doublehappyvstheinfinitesadness.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075b64cd692e---gimogosonaxuboju.pdf
    • https://afayl.com/userfiles/file/sizojuruverokebajiz.pdf
    • http://lakesideterracecondo.com/clients/41361/File/64281673882.pdf
    • https://jancsoalapitvany.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2042386634.pdf
    • https://thejasmineway.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4buk6li11be2unk5oqk5mmotnn/17685957195.pdf
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4f5c82153e---fitilobite.pdf
    • https://apexforestservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607425df39047---73812365961.pdf
    • https://wecafephuket.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a643pu7tv5b1r719kq243qsgdn/tuxikaxenexibe.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=when+was+the+browning+a5+made
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off000100f6.bin
8230813b49af786cafca5c9236b26626d341bce0ba43abd293d768ce69c20a8b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100F6 11004 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a3b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A3B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001324d.bin
92cd4bcf2366f8db5bd88c7c05b2c154008e4d7c9f62b8708641937b615fbf4d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1324D 17972 bytes