Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e267d3bce521fac3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.2 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:23:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: 3f6f8e7c6d6dd57504989fd65b306429 SHA-1: 5d4bdc82aeeb89a0d8c39bfbd99620e9eded4f3a SHA-256: e267d3bce521fac3518b23a932bb3b9a54c86f803a91cae4f425df970645f863
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=breach+of+conduct+meaning PDF link annotation
    • https://ntwbearing.com/UserFiles/File/87595764196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/328e35e7c69740c3227ec9a5c63b9b02/binizelob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iiml-pgpsm.in/ckfinder/uploads/userfiles/files/mugelafubotobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0924307001625509048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projectmine.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48173097840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prosegik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/032e4da56ab261dc3284881ba4177f76/kuralogumebixanukike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc03b866eab---lelewuxeviv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/98e979baff45d9057a80ff21a3bfabfe/53011743977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanplanningdemo.com/userfiles/files/87446391660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arredamentoambienti.it/img/file/70134154679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://booklandbooks.com/userfiles/file/56783541362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.timtransportes.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc56f6d755---nobivamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://puppometalli.eu/file/surowumuraro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://punaide.com/userfiles/files/31097225582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f64f5c8316acfc97bf9db1eabe70ae61/wolofasisuwojavemazakusax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://austarpharma.com/upload/files/13460342493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopabrang.com/images/files/91977222671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/wezofovefopuzupipudonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capthepcongtrinh.com/uploads/news/files/lupebus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://automsystem.com/UploadFile/file/20210502165925406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f82f755296e989939cbb8ac79d29c4d1/62462886693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hed-endo.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160db777fe43b9---30335097788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/7334445311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q24sjbg7v2tr2km78rptri4ra9/depukijabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://j26clean.com/upload/files/tinomaginezazowudatidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000fe4c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE4C 19568 bytes
SHA-256: 881488c19770f894e5f03ea9a3fea9ea7df8de5f03f30f50919099a094c630a7
font_01_sfnt_off000131e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131E1 10860 bytes
SHA-256: 2dffb4a5f9037fa4ceb2330538ec90816e67d266b85c6f2b6f170d7889b23fa4
font_02_sfnt_off00014a8f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A8F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1