Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 627dd0c17ffcf83c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-07-22 19:33:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 8d0b892451d3cbb9e41ca11abd6528b2 SHA-1: 27fa9b511192d5c7bda83abcb8eb00e1a3f8f108 SHA-256: 627dd0c17ffcf83c7b3f8f52b1ef5188078b90c02ace5765e10e82de4c579c70
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised CMS upload locations and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or phish users. The presence of a callback lure heuristic further supports a phishing or scam-related attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://bnbcostaverde.it/userfiles/file/ravuxa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cityhighclassof77.com/clients/9/9e/9ea685038b5a197d2022a69b8c6b162a/File/meligisonid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/sasulesalasujer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baschin-heizung.com/meineBilderAlbertGrundschule/file/14601199820.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baglab.pl/galeria/file/fuvezakasabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9aff86be20322321ba1a55c18ec7ac29/wozimeminapupujunibiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/nugekasonagavogalapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cocochan.com.pk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c57f3adeca95a888b9fb6a7a0e3154fb/baboduxuganasiragi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raduzhniy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7c8d0ebeda---videfalesebejugimox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/jexigapabogukejazefavazos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d4f3984a63d---darokadiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46a5fdf05cc6a31ad50846e9ae2e4b71/84647039150.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dcb5211f0159859824c5fe12603f7820/wofujafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://galerieportelouise.be/userfiles/files/wadusita.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://temple.mo/userfiles/file/ladawileka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjgd4ajcskf8r45kbvu7hml009/57121813967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b6b1279afc4357f27dad3e4869a08b0/likinubamefoxojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmsorganica.com/userfiles/file/84916951487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099d8eddb166---pawefugugulidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://appvid.eus/userfiles/files/33262462952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makeswebsites.com/clients/c/c8/c8c605999f3d8352d7bb792cf3fdb25b/File/5743981604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accurateverdicts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab92742a6a---nesuvemivetazarekazawaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bamt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772089ec541---wazibolugedubagugin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e8d11b50b3---japimitepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+check+private+account+followersPDF 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_off0000de87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f69e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF69E 10912 bytes
SHA-256: 710d73aaad1d3ad60131a8e805d6f0b6aa6de47c7dbdfa43dc5248e99fe79bdb
font_02_sfnt_off00010fde.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10FDE 17240 bytes
SHA-256: f0e8c37e635057282b2cc6ce43ec762cb8ce4704ef426e444b77319bef3fd542