Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4c7275cc2adf90b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:05:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: c69375e79b2b832972a55a4c00da734d SHA-1: 2fada1ccd709e1b5db0120fab4d5f5093f9d2fcc SHA-256: 4c7275cc2adf90b160ea81c4494ed810578227e9e30e9a727b33ab69bced52c0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier with high confidence. It contains numerous links to external websites, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicate an attempt to direct users to malicious sites or engage them in a scam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=penthouse+letters+free+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6f0fa0fa74---govav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulceoyunlar.com/calisma2/files/uploads/98586693600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akkoryazilim.com/userfiles/file/xagasigenonumomorupup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/43226398931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thriveelearning.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b009243968829c8d2661d48f40d622b1/65522031179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rittenhousesmiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a540cffdb85d28d031c1f474ffacec9d/wiraxafunefoxuridino.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pensiuneavalentina.ro/app/webroot/file/rupumunatexilujunenekuloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodthings.us/userfiles/file/994678717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076cdb9cb1f5---38908974580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prplus4u.com/ckupload/files/14483106892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608924866ce98---fifowevididegudav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://outspokenholland.com/userfiles/fckFile/20210821044440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakajima-ya.com/upload/save_image/files/xebolezizavoroweku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ddc87e76701---77695383296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amiablediamonds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc430bad9c4a3613f4a5fbef27bc4978/26099007340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beergolfers.com/blog/images/file/37072598081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/femotomubidanef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72a43b0e9bc871037e1aacd63e958d49/49084894176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.paparazzirestaurant.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fe50067550a80606e695b66ecb5bbf79/68398301996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/nuduvafuxanekere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maytinhgth.com/userfiles/file/69565567801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flycam.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d7da77ebef5---52179922036.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zurisaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jajugroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/279003236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onellenorzes.com/uploads/files/pinikitixifexosep.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_off0000d2ad.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD2AD 10440 bytes
SHA-256: 7a8066d21a6738a01c7dd8a2237aa60976908d826ddd1734a4f8e5a7b744ad93
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea4a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA4A 18196 bytes
SHA-256: 4911e78918a9e1d46846166f2aa8142a4028b54b4f180d72e3b4677caf18b591
font_02_sfnt_off00011980.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11980 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1