Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 402ef5acebaa6593…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-08-07 05:50:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: b063f302ae754bfa06c82193751f3d30 SHA-1: 3711294a07ccda306cb4a7a275884c1abb8c6ee8 SHA-256: 402ef5acebaa6593db5f62b0cd9cdb6f4257aea4c7cef9398c533aa1ba1dc6d6
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 0.9860

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+easy+is+the+food+handlers+test PDF link annotation
    • http://www.maoles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b499a116ec2---mamugofokelor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehsclassof88.com/clients/7/7f/7f6c4973f16106f9a1f2948091db50b4/File/92477879790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nisahanpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/24041495351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/92716343701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/fexajubusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/sopimek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160920bf01ba32---42354362941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newo.ru/files/files/sogelavijijurazivumat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emporiocaritaspisa.it/wordpress/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097325c6f6b2---wafenofedifovojawemagegov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gruppocinofilomarsalese.com/userfiles/files/45123522937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangvetthuong.com/luutru/files/25102914135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://homeopathyhk.com/files/ziloxiforujupibus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ba0b6000b3---85192309882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wallsfamilyreunion.com/clients/876683/File/94801054678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1lkoibck1h9af7lp7c2lm6e74e/mebojifufujaguwitisixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchirieriavioane.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d061012bcfc---zoxadebilowuduzivop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c589d3b311e---36722639123.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malashealthcare.com/userfiles/files/diwupajabiwezolasena.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://halobysciton.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e690cb7b603---wobeberonuzudodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607584961267e---98793915604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sbsoftware.ro/admin/userfiles/file/563298077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/73c62b8aeae85d4107757e53e382d14b/zopijubag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meble-tk.pl/userfiles/file/meduzarofemevujijumov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://birons.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9dffa561eb2948aabf282b1c1a5b232e/79394256413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cengilli.com/icerik_images/file/kobasowananin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4368fe52fc---pozavo.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_off0000e487.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE487 10640 bytes
SHA-256: de095bcf09647818bfb9e299f1120ce619a4621d839b9b2accf35037df891422
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCDB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114ed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114ED 17596 bytes
SHA-256: e6f4664867fe95bcd7d5e10267a3a8c4ebb066be11773aeda89cf430808c4459