Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f429988ef0748b2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-09-21 17:13:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: d3efa57c7beae414e7880de007ff3b5b SHA-1: 6d0038aad33076e2bbf5a99ffa1603474b35525a SHA-256: f429988ef0748b2b80c19756e01436634595342ceb2427f8f9e840cf4462cd2d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or tech-support scam. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or exploit kits. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, indicates it was generated by wkhtmltopdf, and the presence of a callback lure heuristic further supports the phishing pretext.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d870fed9f1f34cfd9e22bde9f9fe22b7/26516663501.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://acethamessecurity.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2e93662e47f96fe518a537839b625ab/bewevozonejakenetudamet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dorinhawear.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/46956779780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tasivn.com/upload/ck/files/xalotibarikekepubuteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tandartsindex.nl/images/uploads/xibaribivekew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.agro-zavod.ru/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76967351930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andymullinscommercial.com/home/andy/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17111932417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.la-melodie-des-saveurs.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8954878381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kmbb.at/userfiles/file/16293915053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukorbetegshop.hu/files/jinijiwonisiduxezexusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140083e80a6a---kalozorodad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalthailand.com/images/uploads/ckfinder/files/25671372409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bandotrading.com/uploads/file/8124430910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.it/userfiles/files/fokudege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kayapaliinsaat.net/file/57154133616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villalapinetafavignana.it/userfiles/files/19775172713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://residenzaeden-albisola.com/userfiles/files/lamazirumijijujixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://surinmajestic.com/phya/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23506569788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b4be1552b2---wufobodozeduvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://katyababash.com/images/uploads/file/potafitedesus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijdssymposium.eu/upload/76861404898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szyoujin.com/UploadFile/file/20210913205908042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161340c2f1c309---93986653790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161449f3d73326---75383547701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/80039933453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mahanakhon.pacedev.com/ckupload/files/jizisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+block+a+mobile+number+on+androidPDF 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_off0000d85e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD85E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f075.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF075 10772 bytes
SHA-256: bec244119352098e9709baa714d1282f8cc9fd5bb3d822db735d2fe827c8fe65
font_02_sfnt_off0001093c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1093C 17620 bytes
SHA-256: 1fffe54ec51448e9575082a6248da9e1740033f556d10dc95e080e46362c2172