Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f49884f850debf36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:59:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: d1bed5c4ceb711715108fba040a6d76c SHA-1: 63653ca3ac20e36e0dca2e56bdea472b9cf8cd36 SHA-256: f49884f850debf36eecb88c7e1c02bf65f01142b20c9acb38be1b35361f57430
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a callback lure heuristic suggests a phishing or tech-support scam pretext. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to download a second-stage payload or redirect to a phishing site.

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://sporyolu.com/resimler/files/sovozidojobijixi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rydelko.pl/userfiles/file/nizedemetazosiriropo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://perfectthesale.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ffbc0578f3b---37792297302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4429656286---5413459362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yetisirkaucuk.com/firma/files/jinejiwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.altrus.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e9465e5351---59420696797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/butilaziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://total-sport.pl/img/upload/files/1643888135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kappp.ru/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xopevifidukenuketizuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oneself.pro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612db845f1712---vigudumixumugovusotuke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jarauwerdaenzn.nl/userfiles/file/38476969510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.onestopnaturalstore.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fv438lfejp913lo9rdcf55arhi/sudafafekutap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1bc287748eaab0ac6545b6f28554bc30/75762833180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76fg0ml69e06j6lna2h7b7nfs1/62581209365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viorina-deko.com/images/file/56310935653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lea-inc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aeeb8b5b80992ccc4d42c6bf01998f0e/3912216130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ohligschlaeger-berger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f8056759a---12649214937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/787868c27fcc6111d007dd0354a61ab1/punokelona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madeirashopping.com/userfiles/file/gimopilanegekozodigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8364bd1cd2---22623945398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxgear.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97059810494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwm-quanta.com/upload/files/tuwexoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://actlogistic.vn/upload/editor/files/finujilobadeniposulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hahapediatric.com/uploads/files/202108131741265026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.drserapkagan.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/um5l8ku3tj6omqhs28qtsl68qm/26040015984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mrmevl4gkncgtqf6qoeeogr5h4/55661299724.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=dispute+meaning+in+tamilPDF 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_off0000c7cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC7CF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfe1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE1 19156 bytes
SHA-256: 1a71185b7eec6bef49a84341fc430851d0180a5a2658765d6e384665beffc88b
font_02_sfnt_off00011187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11187 10476 bytes
SHA-256: 1a44fad23c1d48ec628dee466448ef92c019b3e9f1a6f092ae524d2dbc649df6