Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f12bb4bc1ac2a1d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.5 KB Created: 2021-08-23 13:26:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: ff79eae0fc705e40b2a834df3c374b83 SHA-1: 9d4f80c1c6f509162f54f0667d91a4b657ecc810 SHA-256: f12bb4bc1ac2a1d90360491db81fc6169eba0bcecedc21e052fc8b4009954360
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates a potential phishing or tech-support scam pretext. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=louis+armstrong+famous+quotes PDF link annotation
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7025ca7d0---77907347494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veganogle.es/uploads/ckfinder/files/ralulumaxogumawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://charugarware.com/DEVELOPMENT/charu_garware/uploaded/userfiles/file/senovuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuvabuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aghs.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/revijifone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuanda-boiler.com/d/files/30696323816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serendipityorlando.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160edf73571ef0---8558767551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuturesthai.com/uploads/files/71104387076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nena-artspace.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90662893545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioagm.it/userfiles/files/mananibiderusemoruperu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ef08df13ce---titaxokuzul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.savininkai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20607389634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bishopsalamatkhokhar.org/userfiles/file/54316638093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pametnidom.hr/pametne_kuce/userfiles/file/zujobepelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amrapalispot.com/userfiles/file/tuputijebapefitisonofoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.carlosfunes.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160885d9d7a8c0---97582874864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c0ab7af353---628052388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sgyscom.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-1/20210801105919950086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://novichiha.ru/pic/file/sosubaniwuvivupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gumberryoleschool.com/clients/33891/File/roladez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bpv40odk1sb87nf61qnsbempb1/12618469814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac00ce9e9a9841949ddf731fdb09e6d5/kufuwiwixuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lepjunk12.hu/uploads/files/88203387998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebbers-schilderwerken.nl/uploads/files/sunimijababujeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nsurt2v0kfe5iv1901hen4jfvh/89966092585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saintthomasmonrovia.org/clients/a/a7/a774d5b45fc75aba9c6fcf07501e1e58/File/33218123339.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_off0000f18a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF18A 10716 bytes
SHA-256: fbfcb4d95c9fccd895e43c2419422d32b74688d866bf956749edba4c8274f022
font_01_sfnt_off000109df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F1 17736 bytes
SHA-256: 4b25b93b35e50d679b1ee0ebd03fcabcdc95bb5cab725d4d3f402949ccd474a4