Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7dfc57670be4b245…

MALICIOUS

PDF

132.3 KB Created: 2021-06-29 16:05:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4fdd097811096c5269054d3630dd208e SHA-1: 8671efede984250f31e261604ba53d23b6dd819d SHA-256: 7dfc57670be4b245a126c75ec7bf73450dbe12dd94be699438f716cb06dde081
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, suggesting it's part of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic further suggests a phishing pretext, aiming to trick users into visiting these sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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) 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.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b921e081b---kumaputewudamufeba.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://smoothnomad.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/acpkrdgb5hgm4pa51oe7e463c3/jinopemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikankara.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607356e2d68e1---68538955989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhachoxebus.com/upload/fck/file/nibevavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcurryproperties.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/65336935384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3666d90f21c7718a0f4dd51044d7a8b5/wigadurexugizigibewox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aedelsur.com/contenido/files/87522710983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aawyx.com/sites/default/imageuser/file/37682534399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/35791c17e753131bd208ea89ef6bd3ba/duriwogipuziruferibujunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nmcs.ca/userfiles/files/xixezugol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyobel.itpublic/file/48920412813.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivescuolaguida.it/userfiles/files/kibumure.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a4722b61e7---72831572074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mls.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/898207c38d4478aa153530af8c320ef1/35606472745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a050618263---91680010294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3q142ldoon7hlg0qlnjkn5g93/87176133901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sylvianapoles.com/clients/e/e6/e63d90d46a840f0b3195f531cec11f6e/File/90046420924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://home18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba00449eac87acfb5b23db426cf584e6/31374083833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atthaya.com/file_media/file_image/file/minanizulakozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ufc39ogajp1bft31r32ri5mjdn/motuvubozugebotiropugikef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagliodeimille.it/userfiles/files/81515402723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://churchosonline.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9072ddb814ce5b32470eceabf4e45073/73689166663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ee21c7a9ad4dfaa22914142b83c8630d/fakokirugojexapimoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szabobuszrendeles.hu/files/files/pevusodebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=fortify+scan+centralPDF 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_off0001a2f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1A2F0 10420 bytes
SHA-256: d8aeb3497e022b83b6d2f5a32eb4e61f517089e234e7698af818ccc404bf8b94
font_01_sfnt_off0001bab9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1BAB9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001d2cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1D2CB 18524 bytes
SHA-256: e1eafdc9ceb01766540a854f63abe40152f920842ec06bf5f4caeb6a2d296779