Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 76db1135782807bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 13:47:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: b9c58e3aa5c96c5205702eebdb34262e SHA-1: 16167c7bd9d877fe096952a7794021fc28890407 SHA-256: 76db1135782807bff9b856c15165eb1904720d196ac56e7960f5298829d31f67
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it's part of a phishing or scam campaign, using urgency and payment lures. It directs users to numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, which likely serve as download locations for further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the download and execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 10

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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=irs+uncashed+check PDF link annotation
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/apfk4m7gkree2r3ipmpsdlljeq/24459592679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetjoget.com/contents//files/65489678118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bilbox.es/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6632ede2ce83670214dc5debc96dd0e5/71932002397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oversaslogistica.it/file/nakowulajitasene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autoshiftbid.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/guribadozez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shuimotongyuan.com/userfiles/file/mizorewoxewonapegovegab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nordatec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/236k4t86ada0ks749cnd2losrq/gulolode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7247524fc296bd483e3a425b0fdd370/39528916822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f4b16eee2b711a6ea582dedb239ca4c/30486039299.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/97181541207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076c49c593c8---rowul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a49a08b727---29705777165.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://sancarspune.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07ac2080201395d7eba57860bdd9c014/17774324088.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aihyang.com/userfiles/file/53565218730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bayzones.com/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/userfiles/file/pibijurusomavawex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcirclegroup.com/userfiles/file/paxutufalobad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evenimentecastel.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kntbkonm20p2grnc20oo73g4sg/suzavarenafewubajudil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609832af5a7a8---girajotebajorujodeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reifenscho.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c8c6f8d241---dizomasuzogamogebefuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d351d63631---kadoxarivevod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspirans.com/files/file/dadazaji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northamericatalk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608afed9db972---75608387789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/787518a4ab0f677b226812fe529137cf/serifugabasami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160942cb5474bf---kalufadixaduwifimuwanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b35367192---37468333238.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_off0000f875.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF875 10252 bytes
SHA-256: ed864e9f1b6b4b538b3cbc60ef244972bb0217403b27cbb4064b094066de64f7
font_01_sfnt_off00010f69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F69 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001277b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1277B 17308 bytes
SHA-256: ac652d69102e01e69214c764e60842bea5aeec143aefb2bc677a750cf7bed7f5