Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 809773c58e34eb1e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-09-16 18:58:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d32be362d8e449c02e92952f1c5fabdb SHA-1: a525b7eeb90ea36a19cb86fe46a4015b9b2e76b5 SHA-256: 809773c58e34eb1e04cb735e9e254f7ca26b4d06d63bc91f70adc3df51f1b2cf
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and points to multiple URLs, some hosted on compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' strongly suggests the document is designed to trick the user into calling a fraudulent phone number, likely for a tech-support scam or a fake billing dispute. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://7seapharmtech.com/Uploadfiles/files/lanopomopiradapukelov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://preprod.app-nomads.com/ugecam/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vapamugoromiran.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wfca-czech.cz/temp/userfiles/files/97225220427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ku4ysk-9lgp4y.com/contents/files/fizatomezejimapozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/16908866690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buonoantonio.it/userfiles/file/21385218646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1-cities.com/blog_images/blog_/file/roweduxewakobawojokukil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161416729461ba---nagititofuwal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9h0qif738lbcutba0ghtq16re4/kuroroxudamudukoxavilalog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cutletsmeat.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ef0f95eb44---kadavinavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santabruna.cl/upload/file/89396490402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ba851762433249a83be6eb008ca0568/sotatov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bearings.vn/images/ckeditor/files/19503551801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uleshuzatabc.hu/files/file/84779299656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stillincontact.com/images/mails/file/66272528714.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2s207ljl2nu7s88icrmhsknh60/33374906776.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitali-schulz-eiskunstlaufen.de/userfiles/files/solilukireburizipaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/28982116373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142a2977d9cc---89524007989.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thuaphatlaihoanghuy.com/uploads/files/nuvikubulemoror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lokalsport.no/userfiles/file/54813245434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pj0a1jn18m9venu8c0bqd6vaa/51474718622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angel-conference.org/upload_fck/file/2021-9-2/20210902015556228808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vaonhaphatphap.com/images/uploads/files/68065347204.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18642215764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mezon.jp/userfiles/file/22469443085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=super+mario+64+ds+online+emulatorPDF 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_off0000dee0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEE0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F2 17432 bytes
SHA-256: 80e224513153331c399e4960f5d33bf2aea5e2a7d98b88b4bb25fab7f05d38df
font_02_sfnt_off00012489.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12489 10976 bytes
SHA-256: d05f5bde0e1b54a57e32396505be1f8b9c381f6e3bcbc8ea94040a61314f8f62