Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 77c3240db55e0780…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-02 02:17:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d969feeff4f5aae1a01f8b742846bc45 SHA-1: 77380e6b18cc0a8087dba44efd25dd41351171de SHA-256: 77c3240db55e0780b67dfa1d00eceaab5078738389b7ce3d215c0cc6b5a9051e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating it's a phishing or trojan delivery mechanism. The heuristics suggest it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised websites and potentially disposable hosting. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic specifically points to a callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern, where the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number. No scripts were extracted from this sample, but the embedded URLs and link farm structure are indicative of an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or initiate fraudulent phone calls.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+parable+of+the+wise+man+and+the+foolish+man
    • http://adria-ex.com/images/blog//file/74687854953.pdf
    • https://zlatartopalovic.rs//files/siwav.pdf
    • https://www.masismarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f46b8d82899c1668c5c70bc6bebbc0b1/50648401321.pdf
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c99df9d97d4---bimiganakoje.pdf
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b607bb027be01ff03a0b9064f68b5ed6/geragimenizotej.pdf
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lrs2ud8kqk4h8lodlkfan5qtu7/67670365190.pdf
    • https://gpagroup.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608365b922ef2---kijubisetor.pdf
    • https://zold-kommando.hu/files/zuxivi.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65191a3aa87ce41614071de1523c368b/49366678685.pdf
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/99b792b34caf946fafecbfec48299ba2/46340172337.pdf
    • http://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/bikivijurerivuba.pdf
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b351efe9d21---godemisenibomixodegojevos.pdf
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/bizowenegadubig.pdf
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad7c342acbe---20876184292.pdf
    • https://vansuloi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/31265644409.pdf
    • https://gamletaarnhuset.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077ac255e73e---5436425304.pdf
    • http://aucoindeshalles.com/menu/file/fikomekusisa.pdf
    • https://www.tifdip.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a057ec561a4---40394387537.pdf
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/he9l8198d57ptcvke4g9esqbt2/57306069881.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/8989561716.pdf
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160961ef8c03b0---42064090021.pdf
    • https://maydongy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc7kq9esnvatebme75gev15ar2/sapatamo.pdf
    • http://iccarrentals.com/files/file/kewedafob.pdf
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607da799d8c10---koxamugod.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_off0000ecbf.bin
2d62eb0dc2fdd072d10a258d5bc96132fad0b0f78e3f765fe0e60e3801ac7b34
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECBF 10952 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000105ca.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x105CA 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011ddc.bin
6f5625672316e18310c0818fa0599cbca959423b45aec89f726a86d5cf6748ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DDC 17332 bytes