Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fac4c6640dc7921f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:48:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: aa190d347f826b4b20fc0236611c7b79 SHA-1: c86a2de6324aca4d7a471bc2f7106a77fefa47a4 SHA-256: fac4c6640dc7921f9d1867530ddb24a0a8772a857982b01b8b6840e1fbb383bf
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and presents a deceptive download button. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://dmvassociates.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2612758bbcba911852181f9f302361c9/divawoxu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf960969c7b---matovewifuletononixuwufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vpn-solutions.com.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puzozadupuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c86c813041---devaritozojadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.physedu.in/newsite/userfiles/files/96069790247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyosangjo.com/userfiles/file/20210611000835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/mitafupupotofobifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eucolait.eu/userfiles/files/semixefesebalobas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/48376612733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/90755377098.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativenursery.net/home/creative/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zidurudotuserulijezovubib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botosani.ro/img/uploads/file/42238838137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e76ecb579---jisivud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/gejevepezepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.contal-farmer.com/uploads/files/gufafivobuvodof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160799cc2afd9a---59475921011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lanna-flyingclub.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/winowajubut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hurtowniagrafit.pl/userfiles/file/92278619226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--3bsx3iw22bmot.com/filespath/files/20210825035852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://womensmentalhealthmd.com/clients/9/9a/9a9ccad1be43d50cbc9928f06550b956/File/gazavemunomelukozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tnslib.su/userfiles/files/wolatonerogusaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flying-vikings.net/UserFiles/file/bovamepalevulef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioidahoacuong.com/uploads/image/files/deloreza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/14848809571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63425074742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hesexpo.com/img/editor/image/file/lubukajidikosek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=asme+y14+5m+1994+free+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_off0000dcbc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCBC 10564 bytes
SHA-256: e9c7371ba728a0459c868f9c02d9dadd1825c2a6a80f2290f08ef302aa7106b2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4FA 18184 bytes
SHA-256: 40bdaf1d823f331066a2ebbfbfe1c976d623d07d0895275f1cd56b0a7b2dd153
font_02_sfnt_off000124a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1