Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d5fadba5bf5caabb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-07-16 11:23:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8fd89f0da995466b2f36b77d6918bb34 SHA-1: eb38de5bc4fc43af297f171a0a3d6412d3c29360 SHA-256: d5fadba5bf5caabb49b9ff7cfa5389b7aea0e4e9508881ebba47668e26c46d44
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF is flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, exhibiting characteristics of an advance-fee scam and callback phishing lure. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on various domains, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content or phishing sites. The presence of multiple compromised CMS upload links further indicates a pattern of hosting malicious files on seemingly legitimate but compromised websites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Advance-fee lottery/parcel scam lure high SE_ADVANCE_FEE_SCAM_LURE
    Document contains lottery/beneficiary or prize language together with large-value draft/funds wording and parcel/courier delivery requirements. This is a classic advance-fee fraud document shape.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=java+8+basic+interview+questions
    • https://realestateconnect.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaqed7kil3tpi5lkfj3b2tc6m1/sumuvorifabavojesubis.pdf
    • http://ahrestygz.com/userfiles/files/20210617_214457.pdf
    • http://abcbyspu.net/ckfinder/images_store/files/zugegaden.pdf
    • http://aroma-es.site/yamituki-n/uploads/files/26347057381.pdf
    • https://cometsecurity.in/admin/userfiles/file/sixaginokelijazexokef.pdf
    • http://didaconcept.com/admin/fckeditor/file/49106964878.pdf
    • http://carroll1975.com/clients/4/4e/4e2b018d07aaa5a30c3e4fca1c7a8df7/File/nigojefefufapaxenegagi.pdf
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/lebonumujomozejabu.pdf
    • http://asirakademi.com/resimler/files/8360517394.pdf
    • https://www.breastcancerfoundation.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e03248f2653fa2e20fdd25f40641627f/raxigol.pdf
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf03bd66030---24393495590.pdf
    • http://mai-colle.jp/userfiles/file/83142872369.pdf
    • https://mytekas.com/UserFiles/file/80222865347.pdf
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vncjo8l8c3ep3smkgsbn8l7c3c/litipelonorugurowavuzon.pdf
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ceec177dcf3---18325923181.pdf
    • https://www.ccps.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11bd55d546ade924426c3870f85ba5ab/20860931115.pdf
    • https://cqc-material.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/fowokukoliziwufudumipakuf.pdf
    • https://daluxerealty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kq2kh0nshpo2n3holrdtpqrp46/25614635808.pdf
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fba00e73d---vivuvikawazukusu.pdf
    • http://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e623eaa4547---16994257416.pdf
    • https://ecobox.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbhjkh7rp0qbnqvdn48clhpal9/30313611768.pdf
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9a1999abbd---30876116099.pdf
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/xaxitowevunapululokupikoj.pdf
    • http://millecolori.it/images/file/nibetukemep.pdf
    • 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_off0000d667.bin
cbd58dc0e765bf0698ec0d363f19670f1dd04c9f6b5828c0ad9e563a2e958ec9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD667 17232 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010341.bin
fdbbc5d2377e296420ff1de8312e678023b0acfe75c8e079aa5d4ac84077220b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10341 10916 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ccc.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11CCC 16792 bytes