Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7a53bb6bb1f824b2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.4 KB Created: 2021-06-30 05:22:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 845f5c12af71c88f4d6fa5b6c271ab7d SHA-1: 21df178fb41716020a0f70d65d6ca15bbeff2360 SHA-256: 7a53bb6bb1f824b201f90d0d5943260b599316761300d636019d60e08cf302f7
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests a callback phishing or tech-support scam, where the user is prompted to call a number. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or scam campaign, likely using a link farm to host the malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a68cfdc20c7---66490560360.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://iamsoldierfit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9be5d1ec03---33819999996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d5c41ca3b2---95394365019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trichynext.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c47df42beffea56c7afb96778b602422/wiruraxufol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cohensevents.com/clients/74638/File/60795831827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpha-th.com/userfiles/file/37280397955.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandp.ru/userfiles/file/lojugubarif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fcv-bo.org/data/fcv-bo/userfiles/file/75430989931.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suhrsmad.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a27affb9380---60480021512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/xulimegawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bokseinstituttet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fc2400e616---tasutewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/warewibuwuxifitugejage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thehawthornnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607379918513b---28382223690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://palcev.ru/userfiles/file/11480573613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gaseg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6tknjke0cq59ab9qg2vqmvrake/kibodunevulima.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mindweave.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ohakohhg47m0gqls6c0gpja9i/mugobexofawanaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marcth.pl/media/fck/file/sugabixisagepuxusifefese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/58aca10d7e30d0664a02fcb55deb9c5f/34933251661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073d5fc1fad9---wepokotamararemosetubawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadiantreasurer.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095136d718d9---pukedojuxiwivitomum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compie.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f0000e2254---1718179872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dvg.asia/ckfinder/uploadfiles/files/31877121627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=russian+a+practical+grammar+with+exercises+pdfPDF 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_off000116bd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BD 20472 bytes
SHA-256: 7b7f8f0c52313a0137a63965da1f627674f691876fcfe04c449572a00a9dcb81
font_01_sfnt_off000149e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x149E9 11280 bytes
SHA-256: 627b8586e81a2e9416f8812df28d0b8bb70f7229e2992079907060eaecf5ba13
font_02_sfnt_off00016417.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16417 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1