Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 471c1660f1d23740…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.1 KB Created: 2021-08-04 23:07:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: f7d53c48f87fb253249535af1e8de3e6 SHA-1: d84b4ab7ef548d234619fa219cabfba6610a88f4 SHA-256: 471c1660f1d23740d877d9c7cf2b2c1a358389ca31eb9f3fc736ae2815f5662a
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 0.9970

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://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/97638027904.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://chmelo.hu/sites/default/files/file/92244842276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuanayapim.com/rsm/files/99677435732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://earplighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0900905857daa4e3059b799d2e78318/7824443319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1d6a6d9f3452e44c7d8e6994528d629f/gafewoxezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160947582d1fd9---dapelikul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magyaringatlanadatbazis.hu/dev/_user/file/vazuseda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timebank.ru/sites/default/files/photos/pagefile/70404601197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725fb675bfa---58253970001.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polandpools.com/contents//files/18927158099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thangmayedex.com/webroot/img/files/59515231393.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alarrabnews.com/images/content/content/file/jonilixijagaravigaxipuxej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn----7sbabak5acz7byau.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16dd02a91e981edf62eaedfb3d48755e/lerukavonigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c3b5bd257---43048051147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/zikurinovekeroxowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/41258822758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abpaluso.com/upload/file/gafawubikepafiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thietbiotoviet.com/Images_upload/files/25308191286.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangkoksolarpower.com/syner_upload/images/files/76995284910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giasuthanhdat.vn/Images_upload/files/liwelumafufagorenikiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///xevelugema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noble-worldwide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcb3c31f149657172512139a4f68aa2b/74185631604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c83d7ebda7---lukunijisapetiwawowoguz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q8cmfsgseclnq04n7sssvo8ga1/sowabeninowijejizeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+do+i+reset+my+phone+without+a+google+accountPDF link annotation
    • http://forum-auto.ru/data/files/46228926573.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_off0000ffa6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFA6 11252 bytes
SHA-256: 19ecc56e068fb8f845793b3a35b9fba2964ca0cd0d53a4592f8ae476b6db79db
font_01_sfnt_off000119af.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119AF 17940 bytes
SHA-256: eb7b802af6e318c9105a733d408f12b05c50936d2c115e01a542cdfd94230536
font_02_sfnt_off000148e6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148E6 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1