Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 747c24a4538a69ae…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-08-24 02:22:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: e8b1e05c225efab66c0b09512bf224ee SHA-1: 370539b108c75cc54cda55befa653c8a70f78082 SHA-256: 747c24a4538a69ae58ec3cab16ca248bb7b137d8bf8ed3febe28174a871fea4d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm and a callback phishing lure, directing users to potentially compromised websites. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to exploit user trust for financial gain or credential theft.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://nadinerogger.ch/userfiles/files/pasaralomamujijudup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://rajskiewakacje.pl/userfiles/file/gugabiwukikovosatiwiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egyptsuntours.com/userfiles/files/486061468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bef5bea4699---bidiseniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42a4746u82pq6g2aplo4p0slt7/lepafuguvajilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiastudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77583093686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majorpropertygroup.com/userfiles/files/49953308317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1utilaje.ro/mm/file/forewozuxojokiwejipuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asesorialuishervas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e41648a523---43792741676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signauction.net/userfiles/file/kedokexumakenavit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/041082aa89a9c4a0f9e6d55619dd9179/55101839983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/85617672399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15c1811e92f3e51cb9eff9fd52ecd8e6/36086481483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corianderedmonton.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32770012525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjavc.com/filespath/files/20210811165420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a06f9284f563abba7bcb3b716e7f6671/vajanizive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sevoir.hu/uploads/file/rudakekeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/dewir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cc5c6f28d67---95642072313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c922e39427a---67029384297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veiligheidssloten.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27600258129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://btegypt.com/file/68993794997.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wccia-vastu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14ad07be40ffa9ae41c4aa1f5b7ff770/15057550255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7nplrblmbc4r62kcv5gkoi384p/71345258080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://basaritarim.net/admin/editor_resim/file/felefivadiseluviziza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=overnight+oats+with+oat+milkPDF 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_off0000ea3a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA3A 10824 bytes
SHA-256: cb28e5dd276bd07fe7696aa1b3742210ab3cee03460db18aa57ab2c657cb8a52
font_01_sfnt_off0001031a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1031A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B2C 18816 bytes
SHA-256: 472684a8a99ec886a12308ca1b2606b4cc97087d28158a9ae735ea5dd4b72ec5