Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4972775d614ef272…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 03:20:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a873435cf92d897f27b0c66047b341af SHA-1: 8df75bba44bf5cd5b5be9b96476430d7664316e4 SHA-256: 4972775d614ef272f3903da2b801ee89a293b98784fc61559aee3ef279745508
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates a potential callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the distribution of malware or phishing content via these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9969

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=addition+worksheets+for+grade+2+without+regrouping
    • http://finsura-lifedirect.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16091316e8b8ba---bujewumurijamesosa.pdf
    • http://www.infranetltd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078940222a02---vokeseroli.pdf
    • http://www.rkcomdesignservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b982aff69---14012691591.pdf
    • http://calhi1977.com/clients/879053/File/824942111.pdf
    • http://metzpaintings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6837f37c6---zoxupapijabefijomagu.pdf
    • https://rhythmcprandfirstaid.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c085c063462b6c8368dc27e546f32078/23906121026.pdf
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bab188c2813f72399460b26ad31f100/31686525121.pdf
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160774823a2d9a---46120669841.pdf
    • http://www.annaleehuber.com/content_files/file/24238913134.pdf
    • https://movesforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vqma3nne63tm2acuull3hhma2/90128359333.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3861651d6cd88319ccfaa84d5fbed606/6004710171.pdf
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/501dae91d81bf7358577d9b9ed61412f/63673604680.pdf
    • http://amirafouad.com/uploaded_files/file/saxumunozuwuvijunaliga.pdf
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/652e3ca074de96d21acb085ed006e9b1/dirasebedibufoputunu.pdf
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e93dc29b0f24b9bc978efb0ce657eed0/76023034856.pdf
    • https://dailyiat.com/html_upload/file/nixelaxolejafana.pdf
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b25b3e22d---18433002957.pdf
    • http://cohn-vossen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852ce5db9b9---50364730264.pdf
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0aa9a48302---dagozulesetijuv.pdf
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/93491817497.pdf
    • https://stefandes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a95a5e2caaf---bijifurinas.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000cb42.bin
13032f64b5064011aeb2eb541c6c91e09f4b98ff888a53dbfb570bc27e88ee98
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCB42 16580 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f65f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF65F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010e76.bin
72f83320d0a88354bc4467b33260bab967209933f21563108a481bd1f091d475
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E76 11112 bytes