Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5f73e705d0e8dbdf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 14:43:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 12619b75809b665eda1de6035b7130c8 SHA-1: 3ec3ff5e6157acabccb356aab5bda5dcf5be1061 SHA-256: 5f73e705d0e8dbdf5f98179916d81f4623df6510c36ab5e212dad19ce7edb6ce
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to host malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is intended to trick users into calling a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams or callback phishing. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to deliver a payload or redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://kstarsmall.net/userfiles/file///dotirikexamalulorozapir.pdf
    • http://gloucesterclassof81.com/clients/23558/File/ludagofe.pdf
    • http://ridendo.cz/files/file/18521595259.pdf
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ad0437ed74---zeduposozoti.pdf
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607185e3f0af0---97849126158.pdf
    • http://peusch.lu/userfiles/files/73806892834.pdf
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e64b1fc8d54---32070810155.pdf
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/015839d736926a24981b03c6d08d8a05/52212558880.pdf
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tomqsl0rp1o8bptor1ti65el7f/bexofekotolokebeforegibod.pdf
    • https://daaeportrett.no/upload/file/91197902500.pdf
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/rawotoradajuwemixidamo.pdf
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5mna5t2ti9301ekc5bvo6h9que/53157521321.pdf
    • https://bk.knu.ac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34522172123.pdf
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29b875c11cf6b6127eb9552202a30359/17774910750.pdf
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076e8f05175c---faroxofitoduvorekox.pdf
    • https://mttrasportisrl.it/dati/upload/file/pipufo.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607faed65bb0c---pitekisoxevotoneluzofufim.pdf
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f80ba120ed---roxedanuwaxaludowom.pdf
    • http://emotionpicturesfestival.gr/userfiles/file/20936342061.pdf
    • http://fatamorgana.fr/uploads/assets/file/59396328109.pdf
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c4542617c---nexotuseratenikidinarutu.pdf
    • https://lapalettedesarts.fr/gestion/file/paxutasawib.pdf
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/175ce2ed67b657de6b36a7caf7fc70d0/34293455048.pdf
    • https://www.olympusnorge.no/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/trjphubdr07p0ae4a42im2jjm1/nadomemodubeb.pdf
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4bffc8990c1b5175bcad488c754f4b1f/60324396132.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=right+behind+you+10+hours
    • 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_off0000ed1a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED1A 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001052c.bin
fd9073356f7999d24dc310db20a367d19524fea6fb87d34222846d55ce14c272
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1052C 16556 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001303e.bin
0f6776c5b67e580a3b772baf433823d0aba3a4cbd097dc10365619ad53a2a8fe
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1303E 10892 bytes