Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 261a52758b33c914…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-08-17 12:53:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 807457b919d792d1097556bd635d531b SHA-1: ab1e3569bdcc31df64479891ac53a5c9a3824b82 SHA-256: 261a52758b33c914b0b1ef5c48331d0a09ff7c2e5994874e85a2ed73e92c8b6c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

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. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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 https://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+check+my+aarp+membership PDF link annotation
    • http://tafgambiatours.com/userfiles/file/6064683440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6dc09bdfbc---87580019080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a01768061c5---monabenirutajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d04002718168c6bbc8710dc5665e1a7/33948957440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://begili.com/uploads/image/files/9387900702.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mumegram.com/userfiles/file/23465785238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f9ccd2505ad---68545624248.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/41968001149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.plan.msu.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/78094621203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/43688426372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609534a79d79d---38071287039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calldidocta.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac225c3675deb33edd2f610fcdb8c5c1/84613818440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/98436964282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff3f748199---vogejonavinewurewoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bb57854223---55674969060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cherrychile.cl/cherry/uploads/contenido/files/93648672224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-mebel.ru/uploads/files/dajopovimasasasex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/49376132865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buildinggodskingdom.com/webcms/file/pemisumofeporopapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-polylysine.com/d/files/3882012445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eec8f3d0e29c4bfabdee0f678907949/58562470933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laurallo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vexibiludod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brickchamber.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68558819373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a74bba74cbb9f5967fce80806b774d9/6819640629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e23fe27ddea7e52bf9803c30555a8c6/boregexugabizoniwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eb7d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB7D 10912 bytes
SHA-256: ee73b603bd1cfdb0be5e9264a5603aa256b78583ab3f13b932e14a0629c3eb1a
font_01_sfnt_off0001049a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1049A 17204 bytes
SHA-256: 004ea0b308006899fc2b7c80e7413bd4800c63da9d891df2ad5ff4ce05a71460
font_02_sfnt_off000131cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131CC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1