Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7c6c2aef21cd3064…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-05-02 17:12:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-05-29
MD5: 9deb4de0d15a31d7174f1fed26bd76b8 SHA-1: eb67059f40775419ffd39effcf5921bcdc2c88fd SHA-256: 7c6c2aef21cd3064ed6a28ac60822d45cb24d74644bf1ddff0720304ccc6ec2a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a lure related to customs forms, aligning with the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9998

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://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dc2748f3718a003931d98c421d29cdfb/kabajomepu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4799b4e0f27ecd48fb1bf8bd89672570/puruzawujaritudutizezulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e7583f5ffd886afefd159217ca6321d/wivudiziduruwamapaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humble-brag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4omdbc14p126ue13em79h6hrrr/vojukitoxipak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/vowalusenizon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160870be378456---44274279068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leo-translate.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160762560b35ac---48416567074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/xukuzamabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a61a2b7ed9060a0059b88f24de5cd08/84043290485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schouteninterieurwerk.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089bacccd329---fovuvewaxegijubawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://propbrains.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s8bpbomi8e00vooo90pjrabis4/saxudinebaxulod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0a05d56a9---87807247086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/vinabagopemezomavidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://call.ae/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087bc975796b---53380523018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cald-lighting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/927b30ee30c8fb90421e3b7e7fb76153/8488777673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822431d8776---54528361605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drstevealbrecht.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ecd3ee5d59a7313642f6cdcf6e4ba97/89961581646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=cn22+customs+form+australiaPDF 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://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dbf4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBF4 5064 bytes
SHA-256: 0c04cab71323ea30c2aa61b58d42a06360dc363513b959f9a097f74f2b753f02
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED12 10536 bytes
SHA-256: e7ab88cbc5361a25664ecd19dd32736b31e2483095f787e0b16fb1a128898188