Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f4267bcccdc33706…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-03 00:02:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: ae8879fb4fe3aabd38000734a811b4ad SHA-1: 79c29f64e59810e9e0521e4bf61801a0e72e047a SHA-256: f4267bcccdc33706d2f8f727eef9576264eec023f851db83c6b7ed69f5979816
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan variant. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, likely intended to distribute further malicious content or engage in phishing. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' heuristic indicate a deliberate attempt to obscure malicious activity through a network of seemingly unrelated sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612cbc32d11b6---gileged.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.rydalmereprestige.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g7ijofhapba7vuo593vnu9h8dc/84057292094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f4e7094c07730c85c2818df0ce5b667/ponuvigewax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamivanservice.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b05be42982---44808573374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samirkumarpaul.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bovukus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://orkhaconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/camv7814k0nhunj9fm0e0978m6/11543916113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/somewazikudex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biogenetec.tw/image/files/20210830_050827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wadirumshootingstars.com/userfiles/file///donopotipelogimibuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bfbfd2c488---86367927004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://northwestconvention.cz/data/files/fizaligerabajemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fhhsclassof70.com/clients/4/42/42ce21dc30e429aa976ba070b22ccf93/File/41637470345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d56550590e0---dawuwasutezakixegimutawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://girc.ncue.edu.tw/ckfinder/ckfiles/files/pomosujekagug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boracayg.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210828_378F036F7AEF16AE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/29883668421.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agroadvanced.com/app/webroot/newsletters/editor/files/bitoworaxuwolupaxufavedej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nocenzura.space/web/img/podborky/files/23258250582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexanderkanevskyartistbiography.com/clientMedia/file/vekavilolenimarubedadij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jongauger.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67073169549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/52584347037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rebizplus.com/userfiles/file/22563053020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aprenda-atdi.com/uploads/files/fenezugejobosapifebedatej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d0c8ebb5026---72983549491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgl.lu/userfiles/files/19237913785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=evs+worksheets+for+class+1+on+animals+around+usPDF 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_off0000ca1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA1E 11120 bytes
SHA-256: b641598d072afecdb47cb5388b5cfade7888218b669f1d633dd6d4ea185ace33
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3fc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3FC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc0e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC0E 17900 bytes
SHA-256: 2fff9bf8dbbf4115daee35c8d3d9d53c7c32775236bf55891e023ea7b86fb088