Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 63dcdda6dc294b88…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:37:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ca15a5762fcda56b19b418610f61b9b8 SHA-1: a7e058fcfac31988716713acdde8d2588ef72b9b SHA-256: 63dcdda6dc294b88a932aa6243c8c73156818874cfcd1d2b151c25273227fcdf
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing or trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, likely to obscure the true destination. The document body, though truncated and obfuscated, contains elements consistent with callback phishing lures, prompting users to call a number for urgent issues.

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=project+cost+estimation
    • https://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2c448a02cbe3688aa61fd8fb074c132/6957418016.pdf
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fdfa41c1ffa---safidedorabopelazetarenu.pdf
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757c70deb86---67002626272.pdf
    • http://studioindelicato.com/userfiles/files/pizejaludumuzoruvexig.pdf
    • http://axwelindia.com/uploads/85208744519.pdf
    • http://www.addvanceo.info/userfiles/files/32559320919.pdf
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4365aab3dccc39467d8c45bb3064e5dc/56265428610.pdf
    • http://www.prodomasa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/82483545063.pdf
    • https://3drm.bg/uploads/pictures/files/zolisitu.pdf
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/nusite.pdf
    • https://mithermomix.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4cdcf46972843cc9057f13966a7e6692/3760323674.pdf
    • https://orsam.org.tr/paketler/ckfinder/dosyalar/files/kizirox.pdf
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/7718303020.pdf
    • https://premium-house.uz/images/file/60618319234.pdf
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757ffee9c55---10387775245.pdf
    • http://leap-egypt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61bc47ba62---88680055921.pdf
    • http://www.risingstars.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5a553bdd2---48598510897.pdf
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/xalevegasaluda.pdf
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3emuqucpoqtqchra2eo80amrd6/kodotuzojelakirojesudu.pdf
    • http://www.hmcpacking.com/uploads/files/34556527137.pdf
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1695b59002---xipumobifon.pdf
    • http://dmkaudit.sk/101/upload/file/56182874588.pdf
    • http://hublihorse.com/uploads/userfiles/files/baxupovejevivodilofijukon.pdf
    • https://hmjrgoldhockey.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb621f4d345d79327a4313755bf2d2b4/66156579836.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_off0000f38f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF38F 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010ba6.bin
38f758ab9be688c2320e0aa9471abfc09ece9b8074131e64ba15643016c014cc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10BA6 10476 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012368.bin
b2ba318ee1b8ef901e8713edfc35ea35add63736439ee8b148d54d3315d13ef1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12368 18236 bytes