Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7aa500b0d47c92d9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:28:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9e0f7f2c453d3715f2f69b1784566d2e SHA-1: 7f1070e8f1281f40ea2262609ab02a85d779b486 SHA-256: 7aa500b0d47c92d9ae6c052d9477cb0660b7b9468e6cf15ab824e51a5fb54ee8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The document contains a link farm pointing to various domains, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in tech support scams or callback phishing schemes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9950

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://xn-----6kcabagcgfjsxjciriy6alkh6a7aqk.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0069c55ba9183711630dcbe5e70347b9/xamakid.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.vigo.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608285183f1ea---zavudapaguwowom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents//files/85410156400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160829f9d00d49---60588872346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutot99.com/webroot/img/files/savijajejovitid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sygimportaciones.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bkbjcc6em7dam4s2854h2a5bl6/91490726108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brixtontaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/terenanonuvibutitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lysfyyy.com/upload/files/zeziwojaduwazam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mediabandit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160824806f2df4---sizevibuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eventclub.pl/userfiles/file/divinalazu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edoxmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f6m5a5cq36vjjbsbid1da7rfi7/jutiradigasix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rosniyom.com/userfiles/files/79576834231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fec1852932e5ff98abeb698f4b977333/rifabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://035620126.tw/upload/greenkitchen/files/23887380902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c94404df73e---bokakuwoxubepat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/golamediwamesafofejiwemos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elite-nails.pl/Upload/file/10847244418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afslab.asia/upload/files/newomoruvaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/kovowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kund-in.com/userfiles/file/37620992375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unseretochter.ch/images/file/rutolepokuwedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leicht-spb.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/453bcbac69f7f38199e3fbfeffe76202/85865582127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbaqfskngn1qi.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/54827686534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbigniewrodak.pl/galeria/file/9331440600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cenlaenvironmental.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/81775931703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=hard+addition+problems+with+answersPDF 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_off0000b4f3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB4F3 10876 bytes
SHA-256: 3dd09ea87e8a714f0aed877a719bdca956c17266e80be8701ba67a6d0990c0d6
font_01_sfnt_off0000cd9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD9D 14440 bytes
SHA-256: ef770c49545baf4756e6fb1f848eeea71d3037c1d5ed62f75d50ddb08636859f
font_02_sfnt_off0000f14d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF14D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1