Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dc284b6ec84739e7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:59:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: ff394085e2c4aae5d04d992a6fb53dcf SHA-1: f6ba5ba83e76e203c5b8c5f7f16ff20983e20d63 SHA-256: dc284b6ec84739e78b8359302f6668cddab2e8c5440c26eec4d2e76da9b66fc8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple disposable domains, a common tactic for distributing malicious content or phishing pages. The presence of a callback lure suggests a potential for social engineering to further exploit the user. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://agedwedfjtj.pretty-match.com/upload/files/kosapikuwavavidanujuz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cycling-software.com/files/file/1733658689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oreopay58.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/256507128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denetimmusavirlik.com/userfiles/file/pejomi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edmcenter.xyz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53877567535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reversetheclocknow.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rebewoxunafanuloki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alistairmills.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67990050645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t5pue5q4cq7hs0etvpatags0it/fokibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uslugi-ogrodnicze.pl/pliki/File/fanomezerubituvatiwolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odnoklassniki-files.ru/images/uploads/files/laxibetozinexaraxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zssadkowice.pl/pliki/palenikegekujasemugiredok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/63506692184.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hissekurban.com/resimler/files/wufipepuzoxovetolekoxomul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/87374488891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamitobe.ru/files/file/66847030012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web5gstore.com/Files/files/ketinideduvazijomofa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b1d3908fcd---20762063148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yantrasearch.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93296542623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fivetc.vn/uploads/files/winepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://officialbacknumber.org/editor_up/sabuwifulerivafefaled.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duoctruongxuan.vn/userfiles/image/file/pizoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135a94a86bd8---wulimoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stepweystudy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79825383250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lekkermooi.nl/userfiles/file/gowewozowipogitak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137b44130104---mimibezijaredi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.loscam.com/lib_common/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gejidubusegifowenuboma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=avakin+life+unlimited+coins+and+gemsPDF 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_off0000d492.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD492 10956 bytes
SHA-256: 697be17546c346ad2fb2d4a5559420a1006d1d75a1e431373740d5043e5fbf44
font_01_sfnt_off0000edd4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDD4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000105e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105E6 17428 bytes
SHA-256: 1e79455e632b7316089b6749551081e16e3cbce766397e3e57f533f5a733e0c5