Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d93374896fb111b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:09:16 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: bbbb4ac9a33316b87a4eaf8c2c237467 SHA-1: e638cbcee183867231fdc9be773b77cccc9be83e SHA-256: d93374896fb111b009aae5fef14667a15aa84a35e8e5a5a0aa4bdea820fe718d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection and an ML classifier. It functions as a link farm, directing users to various websites, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests it may be used for callback phishing or tech-support scams, aiming to trick users into calling fraudulent numbers. No scripts were extracted, but the embedded URLs and link farm structure indicate a phishing or social engineering attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9933

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.1atlanticfunding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f1badd8a6cd---nuxukodiwonapitewesepil.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amako-ra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e31ea9526df7bea21cf92b74fe7721e/xozigeruxuxagof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uralcomservis.ru/crn_fls/crn_files/sajenobafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rubyyadav.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/14012634184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090dc3a9967e---nofal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/62277189145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06045859cd12c510e799cc97b3818ac4/57332311875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.playerclub.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16115aa58630b2---91013516900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suncitygroup.ir/basefile/suncitygroupir/files/91419030378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd60e733823---jiwujozilofuzozob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestinoequitacion.com/imagenes/upload/files/zeratalebutefipol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/212196268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://djapm.com/userfiles/file/63731684076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inphuduong.vn/upload/files/31065394145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fca0177f3a---21114994894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/72315195497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betonwerkendejonge.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba53ecb868f---12094150591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gastriklandsbf.se/UserFiles/files/fulesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://used-machinetools.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/76174357634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/47610460961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yotlist.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/senidakarirabivamup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8d724bbb39a9249ac28688f3c1b103e/vepipowujebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaupa.cz/userfiles/file/pidosiwige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheumst.com/upload/fckeditor/file/82777827231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/180309831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=biomechanics+and+modeling+in+mechanobiology+pdfPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cc44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC44 11176 bytes
SHA-256: 1463cdd4fabd624944edc17d104e8816936c3e415279a8112daad04fbc68e669
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5C0 2020 bytes
SHA-256: 95f17543879737f67dc58bd3f3cd24b7e6755773bd8f3c9bbbfd836e1b3074d9
font_02_sfnt_off0000eefe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEEFE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_03_sfnt_off00010710.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10710 16488 bytes
SHA-256: 1e26afbb4bccf1ecf2fd3256ef33d5a414ce329c94cc1f5e049739fe79ef28bf