Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f45ecebfcd4958f5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 02:58:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 960db018cc90b940442ed4752d163142 SHA-1: 255b4fdcf1fb5680abfd689dec4f308c8db0667f SHA-256: f45ecebfcd4958f5500bf05d791b1ce429959a04b47fa81cabf707698caaf6d2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document is designed to trick users into calling a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams and callback phishing. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score point towards malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://vandolderskb.com/images/usr/ganufu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rubensova16.cz/files/file/38033821586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/8799729363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blueridgelightingandcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/353bea531959b86b472c35f2d69375d9/22981976933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vuadiemtayninh.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/rolagiporufemure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asesoriagade.com/app/webroot/files/files/10099255971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihanoi.net/uploads/files/73872777758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080537c9c914---sofezibiwiwanip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-uchebnici.com/img/file/rimejefopifevamezuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/074902fbecbb827f7e6a134fe2e81811/74322894854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/vegigamedozamag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://poulinstrapscan.com/userfiles/file/11282407298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://c4ir.ae/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ajncddk2e4ptnar9tmqvhdhj2/30219436167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alapan.org/fckimages/file/50241579417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.immiflex.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798a31c62e6---pekerew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ac59b940bac348c1d0b12ff6b7fc160/31846699613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e0e9c79a7eb---suruxuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idahomedia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/916535acb5ee38801398508ba5223017/15630254398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3d6ac92a5a---dowigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villa-carlshorst.de/sites/default/files/file/61904171139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vibrationmonitoring.asia/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca1ab174a44---98329909303.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristalensi.com/public/File/lotenavesofidiviti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinivideo.hu/sites/infinivideo/files/vaxevuvexosopukap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexlunacoach.com/img/editor/file/saferigasakin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://retco.ge/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65381064112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innospectrum.eu/hirlevel/file/78313105643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=christmas+song+medley+piano+sheet+music+pdfPDF 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_off0000e36e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE36E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb85.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB85 11312 bytes
SHA-256: a66745d0468566c0944ec3bdb3163c3121174c4fed605fd522440ca680774296
font_02_sfnt_off000115c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x115C5 18220 bytes
SHA-256: 19ea6c51131b13ddaf3ece55018f73a3694ba8e167d669f569547ee647469ba6