Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 487c689801a92fca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.3 KB Created: 2021-08-29 14:10:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: ad04267312bea20d54f08f674e7af2bd SHA-1: c507cee1756bcf73a6e41a119bd2e09784e34747 SHA-256: 487c689801a92fca251f6dd976e7d3851c223496f1ede3d24b1b8c0b554625e1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. Heuristics suggest the PDF contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and potentially disposable hosting, a common tactic for distributing malware or phishing content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic specifically points to a callback phishing or tech-support scam pretext, aiming to trick users into calling a fraudulent number.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9961

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://burfel.ru/upfiles/files/10257183352.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16f8d2ac48f8c0b993e11671fc4ae841/56499416942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610935964fa30---todimifutora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelokazakov.com/file/seweduz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vernadoc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f27fe6cf7f2fb9e4cc410d6e3201e69a/bokujudebobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8f37898549---65463364707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dvkpsg5r0d5k2llsp3kmglc8a6/34610781128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/57723535877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taispacedesign.com/upload/files/kokiwizese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jumpinfit.it/userfiles/files/tudugabijubowadilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/99691994076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/bekegulirelugosojadip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holzbau-hoelzl.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ba391d35b---22754847694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaexpansionjoint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160874d5a07979---66014324583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161182a961c2c2---zotev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dyccpharma.com/upload/files/52959646039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b78805a6144---27528191650.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f4d9d423f1---kubofololagogado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinserviceodi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f919bc76a2fa2ca3822e9ee99a13007a/sulonojorebobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a06b8598b13---45449948186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aleeblog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aht002sfpip3sntt1atmhqddn7/16885219497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://srp-galabau-rostock.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h3nrmnoaos1j4fliovq3e80e46/6966326401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/rusivupobaged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0bb4a70146---gufiwarod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+wavelength+of+a+photonPDF link annotation
    • 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_off000116be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BE 10652 bytes
SHA-256: e2cff555b5f63016f928362b47f49b7d96a5a80baa87b408c8fd1debe8a02d98
font_01_sfnt_off00012ed3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12ED3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000146e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146E5 19908 bytes
SHA-256: 1ef75773bdc552453d1536872f1ea5d45b25b7e3cb8c0b815041d20b991c03b7