Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 57c1e63c8ec8bf30…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-09 07:58:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 70b5b7889e6138494b12ff50c194edf5 SHA-1: 3de2d8651d822ab4f936d4108fa9ecd45c38bbd1 SHA-256: 57c1e63c8ec8bf3077325dbc7f1efe5c43545ae789b6d7eff1fdb697ed6ea081
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, indicating an attempt to host and distribute malicious content. The presence of a visual download button and callback lure heuristics further supports a phishing or scam-related attack pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=poco+x3+nfc+next+update PDF link annotation
    • http://parikshitconstruction.com/uploads/tifapisawugimofodulisol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://odumakus.com/uploads/files/7204627441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161328b12ba554---99813135218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://multimetrics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevivoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alternativi.brtim.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/31004573208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a-pointpro.com/cms/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66307573064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bud-med.eu/userfiles/file/44613850738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/muvovobozakalevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theofficeplus.com/userfiles/file/84948638846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callmarkinvestments.com/callmark/files/vojevebadelase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harringtonassociateslaw.com/Test/JabzMedicalBillingService/userfiles/file/37064253509.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontiermyanmar.com/sites/all/libraries/ckfinder/userfiles/files/devawemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biznesfishki.ru/files/userfiles/files/nofiregefarexobup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lnk-creation.fr/upload/file/nozewigajavigapegewowara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fongyoskert.hu/userfiles/files/wufukagudezujurasinepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almawred-sy.com/files/adminfiles/files/39236421355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saxonrt.hu/img/userfiles/files/giximefudilekafapex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://benthanhsgfarm.com/images/uploads/files/nupabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castilloexterior.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dafukajotan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thibangoto.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/xorobixesaxawoniboso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kurumakaitori-one.com/js/upload/files/82541543538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/dositavuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aydin-elektrik.com/resimler/files/74992576292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sv-fin.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0d3c3b95aa3d01614bc09ca87256c4b7/92763358407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613062871c3c1---mariruwuleperefisinike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tdfstore.it/file/fubabeteruzalisixal.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_off0000da81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA81 18092 bytes
SHA-256: b4bb5c6d6c61e3f354432abc83faa986df1b15bb1ae6fea868834829dfd98627
font_01_sfnt_off000109a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x109A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000121bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121BB 10580 bytes
SHA-256: d54bcf5feabad13d3102c445d1fecde76e0e7945c7b27f5fe152b1179fe9085e