Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dccefe50d009cded…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.5 KB Created: 2021-09-22 20:26:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a5ea8f6081c4d6c96b878fa65f451e38 SHA-1: 736032bfd4309d24299d9d270e2f7a759cb7a976 SHA-256: dccefe50d009cded3aeee189ac18133ceaff932685e4231015af677d717126f7
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'windows 10 pro download' URL further indicates a lure for users seeking software. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9963

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://obermeyer-modemarkt.de/upload/file/fibixusasinuwipaxegani.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://itagqatar.com/itag/file/files/fujozevexitolomije.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1adrijbbb.xn--p1ai/upload_picture/62033576677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viorina-deko.com/images/file/65492972062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/128698fd46ede4914b1b23d221fe3e3e/45502632737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chieucoingason.vn/files/dutazuzewokazemipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pollackmihalyiskola.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/58227853804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d9c139181e---fugagukidowubudijid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thesnowmanicecream.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15973348437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jecoexports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ninefuxum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://absoluteanytime.com/media_file/files/files/ladupituridi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.scanworld.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161460a2d7c3af---81834946477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mineraux-et-lithotherapie.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/16922515847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gerocuki.hu/user/file/dotanapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgssu.com/upfolder/e/files/20210903200147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140f8bd8b3e5---86063142846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/linanemipemodop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://countryclaim.cz/userfiles/file/97878813009.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://siblom.ru/files/upload/file/zubikuxif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allier-genealogie.org/File:/xozomarope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tzoetemondje.be/uploads/files/lerowizavarekilolidipeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/molabajukikasujazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=windows+10+pro+download+64+bit+full+version+freePDF 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_off0000b844.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB844 17512 bytes
SHA-256: 7c57972967b5b58e1c25af42c32955cd17c2d24f6a4e11a072a3789dacf03eaa
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B9 11296 bytes
SHA-256: 118d89703230ad56a49a385a6a944cb9575a55b3bd96e0a7ed86c0a3a7fe27ba
font_02_sfnt_off0001004b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1004B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1