Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d94c2e745b7de24b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:08:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 96163e7c4c162c18405b871e34878edd SHA-1: 22edf8bd933fdefa5bcacf446988bc920f002767 SHA-256: d94c2e745b7de24b5b455c892ea198591053a11ed5b0a4646ff332dceab4f6c5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites, and also contains a callback phishing lure. While no scripts were extracted, the presence of numerous embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c765a202ab---47911088585.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://dichvuketoanvn.org/uploads/files/28873764469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landpas.pl/upload/file/86180061119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rumusjitu.com/contents//files/xuxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluebeakbranding.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad70a0024e39be8bd989b32676d24c8f/10121544845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sealjet.mn/pictures/files/78830195387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075cf03edc10---34087451956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/sujizumujivafajamugiwopor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativecarrepair.com/userfiles/file/3446069410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciattella.net/images/file/88438747447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thinhhoanggia.vn/Images_upload/files/karaxek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nkcophs50threunion.com/clients/0/01/014062e559e26c1cf0711bcec4e573ae/File/46043858059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metalzilembo.it/userfiles/files/41805996740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160867e012742b---99901700552.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7fdd3204de---90181773424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2478.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65919395575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://htk2.altrodesign.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zaliwotifapesokabiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kpsk28ia08rciihunf3nbbt3mi/52947390621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrmax.ca/clients/9797/File/firuzafujebudeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16221378258684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicare-darmstadt.de/bilder/UserImages/file/36579971864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b1842d039287bcc52952e2e4f1ef2bd0/nowokikunuwugamozaputego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sy-smile.com/upload/files/panujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--vb0b83rba554gca.kr/page_data/file/20210814192217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=british+gas+smart+meter+manual+emergency+creditPDF 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_off0000dbaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBAA 10964 bytes
SHA-256: f4ff4008a49ae1b3359a139f632f6ddb88623276f737f415627b6d2f74bd223b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010cd5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CD5 17712 bytes
SHA-256: b483c4f6d329896b1b7b377b3d8669ec8ab8876bc911b8fd9f748ad0d12aad3d