Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3dc7548cde1ad6de…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.5 KB Created: 2021-09-01 19:30:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 4790aef4d9f7bde0294ad89a5cc9f044 SHA-1: db6f4fac5d1b4ff5c0a3218a99ac6d2b0f6dbfc3 SHA-256: 3dc7548cde1ad6de26a6d50c2e64135860e3a8831b75d1dd67d8e483ac2dffab
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised WordPress upload storage locations and disposable hosting sites. The document's content, though heavily obfuscated, is consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam lures, aiming to trick users into initiating contact via phone.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=griffie+and+associates PDF link annotation
    • http://hzzxtl.com/UploadFile/file/20210724035007586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4bba94821---xozit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607087d895bd2---lavepidedabenal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ippon.lv/uploads/File/70708347791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03f7b4d64ad61df6d98d0492dba640ef/24375643396.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluviaterra.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84457a51c11ded72ac16a1198b796b4d/33918594503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glenbardwest1965.com/clients/0/00/000b938fadf99fc3242526d4297efebf/File/78105341267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moveisgarciadigital.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612351cfd39a1---98271216811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelsafeway.com/userfiles/file/72238843296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karmand24.ir/basefile/ehotel724ir/files/seravem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rockhousemethod.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lalodanaregujunelomaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078e51fcd647---29412140822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jerupirisisew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t3qudh8i996vglum8sn2k6nlet/kutivasutupopuko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://serwisnawigacji.pl/userfiles/file/55726585431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldmustang.com/files/files/vijaxabunobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.finestkindcharter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31a2c885a7---bagemijimumuwusevujawom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceral.pl/ceral/pliki/file/14154127454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.verneteco.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/digagolulozobilokux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kientrucsangtrong.com/plus/files/tufanagej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nghiencuuykhoa.com/uploads/userfiles/file/33911889198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da1f7357bfd---woxizogipaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa907c95c82---43601896474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd43e6ccede---52136670712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nhpr1mqes75v42matkv3r3vmom/53704590057.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_off0000cb97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB97 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 48e91abca1e0f3aee0a7caf847c67e340a6fe81f7d045943dd01ee708aa5a97f
font_01_sfnt_off0000e381.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE381 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fb93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB93 17004 bytes
SHA-256: b7a3aa9e99c352f23609a9591f5daf7a07276fac99e6126067820d042f257224