Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ddaa069f38bdf438…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 14:47:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f42852ad98c3c47ab57a93efc235bead SHA-1: 4af54944e8e4e0e19a586d88fdefb1a15444ecbc SHA-256: ddaa069f38bdf438f1c678a68c2a2a469cb6d3a0f110fa599dbf222a33ac82ee
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to obscure the true destination. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic specifically indicates the document is designed to trick users into calling a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams and callback phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://robalton.es/Albums/images/file///nebasitevetafomanomupijif.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://spoanalyze.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef61c9f1217a585c55346ec157f9171d/56018617132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a86d3c85197a86c1fa067abe220bf2e2/temizajokiboduxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dcoderesearch.com/uploads/madonabajirememugazobasiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b8bf0514d---81219804917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://member-amz-seller-system.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30bf35ee6148d5b33ad5f4831b63b6f5/67096849572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfz-gutachter-oliver-schiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608327d99300e---35914099031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://defrokatilai.lt/images/files/fetubafeditaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a45f5adbbad---gimisivowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f8bbec83f66854fcf2e08b0e658255a4/rozizor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160717f3e43b80---1904262336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a221e6f3138---46307153443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b7006cb635---4229371682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahs1978hounds.com/clients/0/09/09313dc2b2b2138818c22350edca9cf7/File/wizuvomav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc010.com/userfiles/file/20210612114526_4phxnv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kasintorn.com/images/upload/files/90377208640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fulepmark.hu/nyebu/fulepmark/userfiles/file/28067001153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/logikokivon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goref.ru/files/file/kikop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30863719b73ae33afa159850a3efa564/potidiwate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.justgym.co.za/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cnua4ss1f12upeamk6lj4ot2a/3841352828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/95279483775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=security+resignation+letterPDF 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_off00010392.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10392 10696 bytes
SHA-256: 48b6e14188f6513cd905f4b36db44b5c99a12919f346186469497c8bd5c835fc
font_01_sfnt_off00011c49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001345b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1345B 16968 bytes
SHA-256: f188573932f9bbcaff561747f5fc759e74383e1d9e5815677c68a9dfcab516f3