Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 703b87851b11ba24…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 15:36:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-02
MD5: 52c84d7878f841dc55d007fa537eafcb SHA-1: 76dda29ff61fde9b4e6f1a2828592a25d9712224 SHA-256: 703b87851b11ba24b45c223508aeb383e5e62e7f64736af09c4e1310be4efde5
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=reciprocating+pump+manual+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.keizerco.nl/userFiles/file/88044226229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingxinzhi.com/userfiles/file/20210712221359_18310287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fd96d8a9f30---45170353292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fzsvybbs.at/userfiles/file/41455906114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/vimit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vpgd4iq8ehbqf1dn7brdg9349h/16665947712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunbot.com/upload/files/52523329457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c77b560d26c---dixuwup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16103655a51b93---nikidokiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/piradebavoxage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladyqueen.it/userfiles/files/nulofuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indobaliart.com/sitefiles/file/nutokujabofeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doremimarlikinsaat.com/userfiles/file/63831763668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://influences-vegetales.eu/assets/Image//files/53186699004.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anpheatingandac.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xorunasizojuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharidendesignasphalt.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/506b52b1e24afc10d6007c28cc4ac7fd/tidivif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/160984d6c66879---91735067979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://patriciobanados.cl/upload/file/In PDF document text
    • http://pytextiles.com/userfiles/file/kixogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thebetterinsurance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c45c8d2d7a---jikipipuxenixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurwater.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a09f599281e---bifirijijejadafidate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myredm.ru/uploads/file/84694967719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideatity.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23512046401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0474fe2957efcdff4d7b3bf44535364/84730981383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607559bbdf724---51848856047.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_off0000e292.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE292 17240 bytes
SHA-256: f9068507df3df990eebe124e017c918119f54558704ca115a505305fbf8f66c6
font_01_sfnt_off00010ee7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE7 10940 bytes
SHA-256: e923cc39c9a25ea1be2099ede71a47188dd088751e9f811510031d12c86bb85b
font_02_sfnt_off00012800.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12800 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1