Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 773bb275ac96c5b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.6 KB Created: 2021-06-26 11:14:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ecb617b4ab56e4dc19bf5bae8ab6591a SHA-1: 17bd10b64d53a70ba03f4a61ccd36ca01bdb1ff8 SHA-256: 773bb275ac96c5b370076b39e7d607998aa3b58daa6498137714aafe4ac8db18
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. It functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or submitting sensitive information. The presence of external URI findings and link farm heuristics supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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 http://ctyrkolky-gamax.cz/data/dokumenty/ruritefewad.pdf
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa6b9569290---7827284440.pdf
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb72de7a3a04c2279398cf1f9ba81cc3/kavupovejixeretuluvido.pdf
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f078e3fc8a---26881045039.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h5sm1b4vkednqq4uve1v4vq3c7/59256550825.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2acb54a810---bujexodi.pdf
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160996c1182fb5---97047575194.pdf
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8576ece869---riwomex.pdf
    • https://medgarlci.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08fb97ab1e4d4d6b8f16cb18cef37921/6679426121.pdf
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/43192530371.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823326f3cf0---kitujezizixo.pdf
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/252121183026.pdf
    • https://alshamiltrading.com/alshamilfiles/file/44988601839.pdf
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a9eb5c1f68c0cb6f20525c845d7849b7/52750250608.pdf
    • http://macabrey-luthier.fr/data/Files/88533384537.pdf
    • http://kovove-ploty-brany-zabradli.cz/UserFiles/File/nuvofokugemureriseminukuv.pdf
    • https://garyjetcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/727f13bba5bf0bb03e03d7564d33adb7/mijixusolijadexoxek.pdf
    • http://businessvaluationapp.com//fck_files/file/kodeferudikefoxotomuzox.pdf
    • https://claphamjunction.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e45196e8b1514f8c4477f502a94bd23/54917574770.pdf
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8s5fqhb33eckomuat7gkdg7v2d/34241570631.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ruvh7qte78mj4ou7c5r0673f6m/pinuto.pdf
    • http://artkulinaria.pl/sites/default/files/file/82234222930.pdf
    • http://perlawarmii.pl/userfiles/file/33993623600.pdf
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad6f802c50c---19218838546.pdf
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/38547919302.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=effect+of+temperature+on+seed+germination+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_off000100db.bin
e4bf0b859f4e0a826a19e0547e5974ff4ea047f3580dba278666e67749fc7924
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100DB 11000 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011a2c.bin
538d6dc93c375beaf78097623eb23211730c9f103ee82446a83875fc93100d99
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A2C 17712 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000148b4.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x148B4 16792 bytes