Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f46d65d074fe1fbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.2 KB Created: 2021-09-04 10:47:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0aeaae89ce740b24a0fba3cae5f2c2d8 SHA-1: ac2e8ffa7316eefde40b023ab75f9a02382f16cc SHA-256: f46d65d074fe1fbf60cebe8c79f79222d535efee52015e54023c98cd9cb3df44
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample was detected by ClamAV as a phishing trojan and flagged by an ML classifier, indicating malicious intent. Heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests the document may attempt to trick users into calling a fraudulent support number, a common tactic in tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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://pitchdecor-construction.com/user_img/files/45402029368.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aberdeeneyes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9ebc40c80c---13154922289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://csom.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/365a757a2919970e432be3ff660c5f2c/bazeluzedevopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hightechrustremovers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3747da96ed---15006250740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lepjunk12.hu/uploads/files/lilozupidusakuxiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tessuno.com/upload/files/60f17c9e8c579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nstoplana.rs/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nigejikovifapezaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/kulemipatetewowox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alwaysfavorentertainment.com/clients/879371/File/88790779127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coming-c.com/userfiles/file/32767684590.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/26651874383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioego.cz/userfiles/file/gibajirufetate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aartipalette.com/userfiles/file/61086422910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160790dd3a1e21---79801706578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/vinamefoxol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56a393e1eaa220c5c87f1e72919e507c/ninolikenogala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160acbbe5db02f---wajezokuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents//files/24119656823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgpreceptor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sonadisizijelipokige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terezmisszio.eu/files/file/vagoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/vojij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://minutemen-jrotc.com/clients/84940/File/95859277114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.formwork.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rumb1pbre2i9tesn9vjn6mnrv3/zufawesowabojerunamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://celovechurch.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d9c3f2c96a6e2cf551015383f82b25ff/56783652611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-pro.com/userfiles/files/fudizapapubivurikutozud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanwanderer.com/himalayan/userfiles/files/82886460765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/92372906944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=leon+battista+alberti+on+painting+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_off0000e55d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE55D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fd6f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFD6F 18512 bytes
SHA-256: 89330ba92fbfa9388b7ce0af593a370b3e6ff3485f90d4d38cfb683db1c535fd
font_02_sfnt_off00012de2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12DE2 10768 bytes
SHA-256: 057e6a7f94b74baadd655c670cc1b0c67461db78829c4ba8d7ace8df460a50c7