Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fb1275923e3369b4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 00:00:06 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 802ca63cb953c0e905c263e97c5fc7e3 SHA-1: f1365cbc306100e83092691e9ef2b5418f8e2558 SHA-256: fb1275923e3369b4e814218aacbf99495dcfb549ab9303cf85a4be9797c27a9e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous compromised websites, a common tactic for distributing malware or conducting phishing operations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of callback lure heuristics suggests a potential social engineering aspect, aiming to trick users into calling a fraudulent support line.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b2b0c005f7---77543626266.pdf
    • https://imapcb.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/km7a3f0lgns5e3i12orp2iuu62/40213070533.pdf
    • https://hogies.com/includes/template/uploads/file/24687290059.pdf
    • https://banktapeunadana.com/tapeunadana/bank2/admin/userfiles/file/23056101694.pdf
    • http://www.loicadesacavem.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ed662595d9---7359489072.pdf
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160800b4ea1814---duzagofogefele.pdf
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/83734527952.pdf
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160769329a1af5---71739757321.pdf
    • http://bbpcosmetics.com/admin/upFiles/2021-5/file/dogukebezobovag.pdf
    • https://www.truegridpaver.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ca154287c22ae5fc3d24cbde84e4a40/xululiwakujuwigivabox.pdf
    • http://gdwtechnology.com/fckeditor/file/nejomoxifufogarefitunipaj.pdf
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/16918163648.pdf
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f90d118c5c64d2a4202c9c8908a4c4d/24491144431.pdf
    • https://baoholaodong24.com/userfiles/file/19808684989.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075af80ca76e---55979955479.pdf
    • https://goodline.by/userfiles/file/14326245684.pdf
    • https://www.kiteschule-kiel.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070518fc1722---92006805248.pdf
    • http://dongsachhanoi.com/webroot/img/files/36688295758.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af85edd00d02d12da443ad784f6d8606/vuwulukija.pdf
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac1be404804---pukigusorezogi.pdf
    • https://interesttour.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2587f9be1c8325abb84155d419fd7bd8/vekelunaravi.pdf
    • http://mobilesamara.com/img/files/file/sulegujekevelomeri.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=residential+conveyancing+paralegal
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e977.bin
9ba15ab3fff63af9e3d85bf935b55f82c51fc419b1e8bb20b720eb22150b1784
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE977 17600 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000117db.bin
e869377ac61894ae9ef733da389bbcc5368eed4bddfdcba0758054a8785104ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117DB 10916 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013118.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13118 16792 bytes