Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d794499348e98f3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.1 KB Created: 2021-06-30 16:42:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: f5d50c195ac877c71316f0e31f62973d SHA-1: 2fd270313333567d5de434ac1129b43cbbdc5b4f SHA-256: d794499348e98f3d97385cf681ef39c4a72ad7a671ae90bb56f64a54cc76a2d2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites, likely serving as a lure for callback phishing or tech-support scams. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or initiate fraudulent interactions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46dc6004674e86f689bf2f0d851a588b/zujebegurufabidobobu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://reflexlighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a894b8131f7d7fe2bc9d803a85bcb28/2867516550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e5589cfcdb---18315896271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/gogosagoluvafalup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099ac399b069---fobexopobilufapuzuvekasam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/978f347aaf08bab9893b5bbfc2d67b66/3088912451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reiki-roots.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95155a768e---63700933440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89834806056.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicoral.com/img/userfiles/files/fijixopiwenumusofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lotuscourtpune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l969empqk18h1785f9rvtjv0f6/76103729068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trans-serwis.com/userfiles/file/sawigolumixusupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e60e4b4c64---2353045659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webursitet.org/Files/file/milevonupediwobazosizuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nomorcantikjoss.com/file/guzawenifadore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hataylezzeti.com/resimler/files/52895266735.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szaniterplaza.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3026095689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhongkong.org/files/57263307782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rlckc6he8fqdoecj07ccuuakei/gemunojaralimakutodobinop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apparel.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/187039837da30aa1a0e44649fa36b9a7/67287832730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.caribbeandentist.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2ed1f3b071---xamisekazisafakowoziside.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085af3fb2295---63198448510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=example+of+a+quality+manualPDF 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_off00010e16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E16 17292 bytes
SHA-256: c0c002f07106161e5de18a8ffd5df6b5ec8771e0d7c7ee3d7d88baec668d4f92
font_01_sfnt_off00013ada.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13ADA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000152f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x152F1 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 3f2747246c823ad137dd38ab692cf900a962a22b7f85946107d71a71a5d23f77