Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7e998aafe61bc9b6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.7 KB Created: 2021-08-15 01:50:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 6d2270042dd4fd5e597eefe974b0fa61 SHA-1: c4dc54c0678aeb863639e793a6c0dfc47ca6c522 SHA-256: 7e998aafe61bc9b6dbf819eb41a46f9f2213309ddf7605080932798de19ba157
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting sites. The document's structure and embedded links suggest a callback phishing or tech-support scam, aiming to trick users into contacting malicious actors via phone.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://promise-land.com/upload/file/87398136598.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab89b88f03---5139571511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polyalpan.hu/_user/file/29424143692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/loxamejedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f05f91309674e59ae8a4aa2d12c06a4/62921638374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totounited.com/contents//files/wisemogaxowetukopafuboja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fermuar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608445ad72555---92314487027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pomocnaukowa.net/Upload/file/jivuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rhondadejean.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wepumelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a86f755f97---18085078219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/61835207324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://discoveryenglish.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9c2da7c573---xefubese.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themadthinker.com/temp/vinney/HTML/userfiles/file/mesarafemebaxewodorinora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dd942e3ec2168690737fc84d0d48068/nexonitetas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/tovixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geerhannutpourreussir.be/docs/upload/files/nugolizanejejasexalowitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cavalier-hundezucht.ch/userfiles/file/xojorevemasemunapusajolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e0485a1ce9---nobogu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://owv-sad.de/userfiles/files/73079338183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a92136917---wijajaritozeviwulixapibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021052110281973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestofbucerias.com/upload/file/zokiwilem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=livro+jean+pierre+garnier+malet+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_off0001034d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1034D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011b5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B5F 20312 bytes
SHA-256: 97206828befa77af1545e37ad5ae2df6db48fce92a2940bb470f1821484b3407
font_02_sfnt_off00014db5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14DB5 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 54e3100a9f72ca007fb830753e59242ccaab8379bd4e8e7158f2b0db8be9d056