Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f37e42faa98016db…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.9 KB Created: 2021-09-14 03:15:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e34acc2809af4d821f368c1ef45315d3 SHA-1: 1d0573492d30fd266523d4cdb8aaa6f89cb98178 SHA-256: f37e42faa98016db73f445ca1dd3309e17eb0ffd4021bc8ab8e703b3e5dbfca0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links to external websites, many of which appear to be hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or scam campaign. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document may prompt the user to call a phone number in a deceptive context. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of numerous URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score point towards malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+add+contacts+to+new+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tunotazuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1d95a7cde---41344699210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpinfit.it/userfiles/files/mixuxiboxob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashcruis.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/05206f9ef433cf942230d4a2861165af/ladara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngdongtec.com/userfiles/file/49433644774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aydinservis.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50326467043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matao.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/jadunevarabewipununafuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://idroter.org/userfiles/files/fuxifemopedimebam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carszana.com/image/upload/File/ruxaliguwowivufotesasolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613586a9a8f88---6458636262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upservice.expert/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2041405384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://presentkompaniet.com/img/content/file/10876510151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jbdclothiers.net/emailer/userfiles/file/56180162356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://around-sicily.net/userfiles/file/mujudajosageduke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/3218915579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eggtesting.com/admin/uploads/file/19730690344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adminico.nl/userfiles/file/65207289503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewastexperts.com/userfiles/files/jatozelobolevumogavaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ar-intl.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cgdvnvfa7t1fr0no7n5cnphdi3/83557214464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santchavarabed.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fivedunuradil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kimansion.com/uploads/file/81594594181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgafgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/21801613725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilink.pl/userfiles/file/nuvevorexuwibuxisopezujo.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_off0000bb18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBB18 10452 bytes
SHA-256: a04afaa93ec36ff83dd39d298912966994efbd98ae1a9d7fe13d0a866015be0f
font_01_sfnt_off0000d2c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2C3 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 5e28ea6f34121620049b3f640ea1c86719bc51a0d57a117b4cfd1015fc7acaf3
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe3f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE3F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1