Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d644eb7f39fad36f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:54:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 18f0f7e88ca9575f9017ac628eff967d SHA-1: 4598d51c1964f00144fc928e2c04f83d48bf6994 SHA-256: d644eb7f39fad36f145826af7a1e57aecab3c991d9fa6ad0632b99b6a43896d3
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of multiple PDF link farm heuristics suggests an attempt to distribute or host malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or malware distribution scheme, likely using spearphishing attachments as the initial vector.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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
  • 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://100gastro.cz/soubory/files/50061326916.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://stopserv.ru/files/file/75942912017.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hanedantoptan.com/upload/files/68568423582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pasted-radio.de/web/files/41209615461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.klpreschool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072380d4ae1a---94575522026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabradli-znerezu.cz/userfiles/file/62060687588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panziofabian.hu/fck_kepek/11817126128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gursakaryahukuk.com/images/file/21118385990.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clasesholandes.com/userfiles/file/satawanisalovawese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc3828068b---72383538854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szkolaprywatnaleszno.pl/userfiles/file/sowabitimisexofemizi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://temahr.hr/files/61460767776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ciabrini-immobilier.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l4andeohjbmkal5154c124nub5/32263827399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://speakingparrot.com/upload/ckfinder/files/49252285283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074b30cb18df---geboletupod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lapakunited.com/contents//files/nemuwutiwefovuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160758342461c3---zemodug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/lagekemosemijokid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/519d68b1e344fd4f35986afc3ac69722/jawupokixexagav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b4cb1246ba70f1c23ad7086397da37f/38434392783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okmarin.ru/userfiles/file/majenofigigeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/sopapesuzedevezekijaruzek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160859dd8effac---96275205898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609830d2770a8---rowisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=taxable+social+security+worksheet+irsPDF 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_off0000e181.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE181 10820 bytes
SHA-256: db5907439c07eb6061f8aaa74d88ced4c579a4d705a9f0859a98bdea89d00a80
font_01_sfnt_off0000fac2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFAC2 17720 bytes
SHA-256: 468bec5ddfcddd15682dd336f7d4c12bbc40cc009eb2f9225430eff53facdc28
font_02_sfnt_off000128e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1