Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c1c8644365af631…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:14:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 59dd15f5458815e21b4908f0671c2c46 SHA-1: 866cf5e8ea6390e6596f133ffab7d59162747609 SHA-256: 7c1c8644365af631e0d6f7747114f85434c4f702130d63025debc91f8f0cee3b
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing or malware distribution lure. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a callback lure heuristic further indicates a potential phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=pacific+hydrostar+electric+pressure+washer+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://tlumacz-lipno.pl/pdrzewiecki/files/liwenavaxidiwubibojip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wellfoto.cz/pictures/files/sonajenorugiguzonewivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dishdivvy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c43d71105740de7d58f951f3c8ed4e79/61632090402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/19252464746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5cd537db86---73422127320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19209276810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samnakthodrahassob.com/userfiles/file/bisegujafobogotosabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c07d48209ac10beef004f5e56f620fa/87333071546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://petroblend.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161094910407e3---telopinabebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wemservice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60404724707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883250ee73a---13199883750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rockdental.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4e4edf65ccf3df5f9a5561fb011763c1/woxupebuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alphacleanwashing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb4e6a96ac35980b4ef239604dce32f1/lorukedulupiguwaxifuxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/fuwivasezudexovemananoxel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073e082b5b1f---92281282044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://av72-reklama.ru/userfiles/file/1626800736de9ee4378402d2b481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://essentielles-theater.de/UserFiles/File/korotokesiso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alenakovalchuk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/49f196d744600238f74aedaf9a7fa2f0/66247125921.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pandoreunion.com/clients/81456/File/56225429100.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/tirifobumivedij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.growxponential.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19e2fhkiqjm07lp2mm505k0t2h/64013054536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kanchanaspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35291421447.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_off0000fea9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA9 19024 bytes
SHA-256: 1f77ffff8c3743d3d0e0c0f6f112a4e324e35d157f071d869786cb604b540cae
font_01_sfnt_off00013025.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13025 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001483c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1483C 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 694cdccb742a8b6d3da236705178e553547c4cdd49da5b92319a3be23de9e794