Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 683c54311c83e449…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.0 KB Created: 2021-08-07 04:29:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a77271795780d3dcbaabb2a187f95848 SHA-1: 211132415a5141b25702dc0c6bd2ad2a6c2f9168 SHA-256: 683c54311c83e449dfdc3f4065860589ab9c0b6e273f32c02f7a9afdf39f3750
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which appear to be part of a link farm hosted on disposable domains. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document is designed to trick users into calling a phone number, a common tactic in phishing and tech-support scams. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score suggest malicious intent, likely to facilitate further compromise or information theft.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=can+i+renew+my+tlc+registration+online
    • http://dermalab.pl/userfiles/file/87004307841.pdf
    • http://wienbildarchiv.com/upload_files/files/4791054876.pdf
    • https://gulfb2b.com/userfiles/file/38658839618.pdf
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be08c8e44eb---75283835201.pdf
    • http://somersetcountybar.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/palexuriravupadu.pdf
    • http://architettoseneca.com/userfiles/files/pizuniv.pdf
    • http://aranykoronakft.hu/userfiles/file/taziwoxusopamonoxowum.pdf
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079e64b524a2---82290669582.pdf
    • http://langeline.com/ckeditor/upload/files/wizamuzubadala.pdf
    • https://irantruck.ir/data/file/88295351815.pdf
    • https://mygenius.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96712513117.pdf
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/46012738598.pdf
    • http://zhengfutz.com/v15/Upload/file/2021516239281708.pdf
    • http://sun-green.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nuvajuzojesujatozigerat.pdf
    • http://ettorebelfioreliutaio.it/userfiles/files/jubofulatisejuronoliw.pdf
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794131e8b11---kuwogaza.pdf
    • http://beerskiboot.com/img/upload/file/94363709069.pdf
    • http://ros-grad.ru/fck_editor_files/files/gobusudebiga.pdf
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/019d76663d51cf9c81d759072ee96fbe/gowapalefezapexeroxovut.pdf
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3fab4ca32c---33422395051.pdf
    • http://www.nowsingapore.co.id/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1728530cf0---bulojirexax.pdf
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/lodawijevivetem.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_off0000fe22.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE22 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011639.bin
d2af1c9917b832df97ebda25452f6ace08231000ca40f9d0353a7832c1dff3ae
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11639 10804 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012f36.bin
baf782d78666df45a5911ab63382ae48c71f8e7bcc2a47b0f5f07f8ca2426fa5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F36 17784 bytes