Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f37619661346027b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:00:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: a4ca3ff120d8fd380c2d3a8684e5b2f5 SHA-1: b922425921624bebe4e1e159bea44f5aa82cf422 SHA-256: f37619661346027b75e7d7dfb0745da5455a83d2565f0a1d804b2837e9d3aed4
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classification and ClamAV detection. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_INVOICE_LURE' and 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristics indicate a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/361f772a7adf6950d2cc599c39c9042c/34088466793.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oa026jvm029cadpiegkood9bl4/96293415038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ta-taiwan.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/7638336634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aelma.com/sites/default/userfiles/file/59001923125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omak1968.com/clients/71178/File/56755840903.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://diversifiedhumansolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f421c70e66da3d64005e1ac9f2f50ef/nizunisaxedirowefawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16084b1a35d911---dokureso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polins.org/public/userfiles/file/vekelaladadap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beamstraffic.ae/amb/userfiles/file/xukojarumojaxapis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maisondequartierdespareuses.com/userfiles/file/bumosatonokalolovugurabap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maketmaster.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/52023405398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161174e0a63210---98794469523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/wofepovojowilawiweruvotut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cb535bebacbe414bc40dd44d1ab01b1/82236989671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emirates-offshore.com/uploads/image/file/53632821037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://donahoelawfirm.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/6424375763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyingfish-stay.com/userfiles/file/popekopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leanuslab.com/UserFiles/file/19673146816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tahitotfalu.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuninutibezigatusojokexa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.golfusa.be/userfiles/files/62412505187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chortho.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m9q73oihs1ejetj07f8j7idluc/lidajedabisinivike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2e52f3aeafc6de714a8562e43255a31/5619786577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eduomania.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da607b9735---1462098395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=eftps+direct+payment+worksheet+instructionsPDF 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_off0000dbd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBD3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3EA 11212 bytes
SHA-256: 5fd7640fff22584d925f77c2b5931ef687fe730f294223bcea96d2e278bd711a
font_02_sfnt_off00010e0f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E0F 18700 bytes
SHA-256: ffd0638756d532c8edab2f6e52fd8cbecba727a875435fdbfca9459c8229f85d