Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d527b011736cf8dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.3 KB Created: 2021-08-27 17:03:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7624def81f96783044dff3afac9634a6 SHA-1: ce8d8877fe927f3a8fadee34a0c0bd819dbf7602 SHA-256: d527b011736cf8dc8e2aa6edc729b9e60c17020686b9c20c5d4f108ac32d302a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm hosted on compromised or disposable domains, designed to direct users to external sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of a callback lure also suggests a phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://xn----8sbnbd9chja.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/nefatilimaxaj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rebeccafantarchitetto.it/userfiles/files/31806446210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloc-immo.com/images/21874081333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelshops.pl/userfiles/file/86440420597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mcq-exambd.com/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87042511867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/zetevobabubamefolaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hotel-margherita.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a12c6a4aad7---rubiwaxugudutewogodagegiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servis-hradec.cz/files/file/80274346110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiorenzuolatrack.it/userfiles/files/varezeremeko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchliferesources.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d1f6aa6e017---bagonodutovogimemudatolul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6baa27e72d---88194213284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sme1970reunion.com/clients/7/78/786f1e38e9ed540b4a7d4f5dbcc09398/File/xipejodexikefoset.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://crm333.com/documentos/file/95816022506.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propiedades.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nelabadepabukobalovujadod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba84095628c---47436824597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sf77hr5f5465qloojv7fni07b9/xejutewuze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lsp.od.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lblgjabpqaqahpmk6k9e05dn82/ladumegivires.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85302290501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntiverification.com/userfiles/file/93123621384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://quangcongluc.com/upload/files/didolapijadalerotevopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.escon.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15f459ea9593140b83305b6dc57bfbe0/55171684464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=ach+automated+clearing+housePDF 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_off000124e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013cf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CF2 17996 bytes
SHA-256: e9b9f7ae240f6241dd0c28a80a00831f1abe981795dc59025aac7f6004c0760f
font_02_sfnt_off00016b94.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B94 10900 bytes
SHA-256: e855400188deed82828dcaaed445cc5d3afb47ed9ea308607dbd2c81d3710791