Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e829f69aee5463df…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.1 KB Created: 2021-07-08 08:17:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 45721e9067901e9cd467a6e2bfa82fd6 SHA-1: 6c9482e7b659eed279504a7e92ebb64ca5c611a4 SHA-256: e829f69aee5463df2cead4d8791055acb6ac5afb46769ab7715afd16abad1f83
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam. It contains numerous links to disposable hosting and compromised CMS upload storage, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and heuristic firings strongly indicate a lure designed to prompt a user to initiate a phone call, likely for fraudulent purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

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 http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/32068082403.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ca94dc5897fc97f886f999379ac26637/zanukubezumodusapev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uniontend.com/userfiles/files/zojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incomsistema.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64729322602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160919035a973d---57491439434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606caa658a421---35957492880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medprobr.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccf5587ed00871e4da759150c2c3f523/59783811702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098c87476893---79739997994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eobliecky.sk/userfiles/file/3846057956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.recetasyconsejos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961e1d1d6ee---povivawadikotawa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holzhaus-suedtirol.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b93f7d24cf3---70176544070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saptpadi.com/files/file/vazuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094c41b30208---92601378515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac43a479197---99828202964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canyonoaksmtg.com/~duckdi5/canyonoaksmtg.com/content/file/43386787554.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefertilizerequipment.com/d/files/40874481275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26f17a8c54bd929d1f2feafc36749cf7/rozes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remontnoedelo.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078091239529---midavebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/40785956888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://willtorock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc01e7ec173---76250865803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aven.su/userfiles/file/65879461348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belovosushi.ru/files/tuserovovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://duext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a395ddad0b23c40cce5e59b45654bd3/wufokanodagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://intelean.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608438d2aecb5---92542293293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=best+orthopedic+doctor+in+goregaonPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e78c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE78C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffa3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA3 10800 bytes
SHA-256: 1d5e608f2a75df6427168afdc35120de11ddeb6e5cb0237af9d14807642abe7e
font_02_sfnt_off0001184a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1184A 17528 bytes
SHA-256: 28af2664c0dfd1f1a9b204c05ef1c0f0f901e4afdfb5d73da5f3f290860e3027
font_03_sfnt_off000132c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x132C4 16772 bytes
SHA-256: 5377c6bc1889ec15aedf667d80f66705e56dccb36572f2d14d855ab62bfcaae0