Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8c30c16fb44b5d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-29 22:22:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6e6f5495b88ab9a33e8021f805aee0ec SHA-1: 1b585ca1672e6926a07b37fe21fba28021fc4729 SHA-256: f8c30c16fb44b5d5e151768e67d9ba82544d557f46b93858262aafd3c8e47700
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external sites, many of which appear to be compromised WordPress installations or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to host or redirect to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure and a callback phishing pretext further indicates an attempt to trick the user into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///32375721207.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://airflow-skateboards.com/upload/file/tutetis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expeditions-travel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b9ff3b413---merekudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c924ad3498---34023706569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parentini.it/userfiles/files/rumuzewowasaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.golaw.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0d79aa3987---bekuzudaxiludajelogiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://damsindia.org/admin/uploads/file/45046585366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://controlcert.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082ec2a8022a---xezowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akgikorea.com/file_upload/fck_upfile/file/55274357289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doanhnghiepvietnam.org/img_duhoc/files/mevojogugem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peritaonline.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25193718891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/89249727725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1a6ac9ae98---kadotanolemokagawipop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harpethvalleyhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/163630729a1ae7950b5d7e0671def686/topoxixaforem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082aa6515109---jonatudovarom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clinicscrm.com/img/files/79403146819.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bloomx.com/sites/all/sites/bloomx.com/files/wewodamadavepafokivopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podlahyadvere.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/vixabunelujavovilajirila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://techsystem.gr/data/uploads/ckeditor/files/60024335410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://groupburuemas1.com/contents//files/58157232971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://espokebar.com/uploads/files/kagelapoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b2b78982ebf---xemubipesozedem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jamiatulbanat.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8cac4ba63d---dexosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feach.ie/images/uploads/file/9039171952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://castel.lu/userfiles/files/11207668440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=5e+phb+pdf+downloadPDF 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_off0000e9fe.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9FE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010215.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10215 10400 bytes
SHA-256: a7782ac10fc5c2b50cbc2a1b4e70c43660aeb981411138a08802bb77a3e4cf4f
font_02_sfnt_off0001195d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1195D 17476 bytes
SHA-256: 393d2ac4a051ed0ed3583aa98a5b500d44e66e21ad6eea740ce4f05585a56094