Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f323d4e988a72742…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.2 KB Created: 2021-09-13 10:11:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 771e1ca0b900926f6cd03b6ec8e508e1 SHA-1: 38d71ec27bb509f2afe8d8f9723ee62b9705a406 SHA-256: f323d4e988a72742c9327fd360db286c8e0d937469d3e9d4a73c87103878a6d2
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF employs an image-only lure, a common tactic for phishing or malware distribution. It contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to redirect users to a malicious site or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 1 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=private+instagram+account+followers PDF link annotation
    • https://cosonnguyenthanh.vn/webroot/userfiles/files/7034422292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56213091549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.examnotice.in/uploads/files/logijasojevokatavepekifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietrocknet.org/app/webroot/img/files/tiwuzidawi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://intimatehotelpattaya.com/image/upload/File/36914051513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wuyioutdoor.com/userfiles/file/70300890943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naplesredeals.com/userfiles/files/56113415171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://website-design-company.in/dev3/damodar/ckfinder/core/connector/php/userfiles/files/29450486673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-s-g.ru/userfiles/files/10604406679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rapabzenec.cz/obrazky/files/xeserezupedujigewijin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://american-security-inc.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57941082058.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af208cff8844f1f518225c18f75eecc8/xurazosufetatubaposemev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jmyhship.com/uploadfile/files/lixipusakamoxami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sakkestadbil.no/userfiles/file/95225873055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sake2metustin.com/uploads/files/sajegejataf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krr-nfe.com/suratnfe/UserFiles/File/55832450585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e1574d0b15---tivitategudixowivasulen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a98fbad88b26292300e859ad9102e12/tugefuwaziwawitinek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613836f575196---72990266842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masihpt2.com/contents/files/sapitavepadolineso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhong.info/userfiles/file/xijibudoxelefagaxono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://safetyhanoi.com/userfiles/file/92371558660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131944c3a549---60218862390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sooryasales.com/uploads/file/65926785260.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaputlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/47807255981.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_off0000b294.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB294 14288 bytes
SHA-256: 7bcd8ae7d22393329c4c04b28d37adceb0f5f7ee0a505526bfa5a1b73549f0a5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5CF 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 5a79215e7673d9a213d968625fb77b5a6ebbae7c7825400013d155c0ff5e166b
font_02_sfnt_off0000ef3c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF3C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1