Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a1d573512d3b470…

MALICIOUS

PDF

173.0 KB Created: 2021-07-04 15:06:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 73acb44efa49628ad85056b09d94f19f SHA-1: 6ad520ccb537b6da731712aedd6fadc38e81b82e SHA-256: 7a1d573512d3b470a980ea0b2835c01dc3f2fb00c7d2dcfdc4dce42f54fb83ee
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous URLs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or conduct phishing. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates a potential callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern, further reinforcing the malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9915

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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=strong%27s+concordance+555 PDF link annotation
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oc7817jaouv3t6f2jlj315qot0/nadudidikukoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k9-warrior.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jeeeek43uvmfm8a77n440lt0t7/14168632351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.potterycommercials.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c369f660e03---somudibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gs-gleichmann.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbdb35e1e1---junakonekapisobum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://longarmquiltacademy.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/24207378105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio2.net/contents//files/paxizulox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f0574896d8---96782737938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.caesarstravel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a2cc6da22f---wimukozadutuzadezor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abofahed.com/userfiles/file/suresipixobuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6519523c41---83358632602.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conservationenergy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d41b335e572---kavabakamilobufipipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/12331692791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesfeesdelhetre.fr/upload/files/tikixopado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoinkworld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84f2d7f8f659151ea80d39e8730dd062/woxivibalimazisubiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/49511739023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d825a0f1c5---27179099577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dovolena-jiznicechy.cz/uploads/84729111648.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://furkansigorta.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8776f11ed0---11134592240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gservicepz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2394e4da5754ebd8358e4a0c7f901378/lufolugelavovapun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160960ff0b5827---zitafuvudag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferdavagnar.is/images/fck/file/27664891560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tao123.me/pro_pic/files/60730899391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16096d8a843dc2---68368728486.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_off00024908.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x24908 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0002611f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2611F 10648 bytes
SHA-256: c6d199a7eebf5935a62864aa4aa68076ffe39e0768e801ac1b3d8e34167687a9
font_02_sfnt_off0002797d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x2797D 17228 bytes
SHA-256: 2f52e573701ff54e100d7f69eab158d4b14eb2f7d8c67b712830d67bf74efb51