Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 854297cd3a0d504b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

112.4 KB Created: 2021-06-27 21:42:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 191b37bc800b1ab493714b243d747faf SHA-1: 2d5b79a0b675c255fbd67163edea376d1b97ed64 SHA-256: 854297cd3a0d504b231d225ba30b592e13912d9a2cfaecd826e4cb82ca985b66
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF document that exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score point towards malicious intent, likely to trick users into initiating contact via a phone number.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9962

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 http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160755844128da---rapunus.pdf
    • https://betenenergy.com/sites/default/files/file/mirodunemo.pdf
    • http://weymouthhighschoolclassof62.com/clients/5/50/50fe23896e84432c97ff20d680692bb9/File/kowuguropa.pdf
    • https://www.sabiamente.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ff2775c11---fanovube.pdf
    • http://www.rlktechniek.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6761748a71---fivemadusir.pdf
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160967e7cdface---libivexipepu.pdf
    • http://maytinhtuyenquang.com/home/maytinhtuy/domains/maytinhtuyenquang.com/public_html/images/file/vimovaraxalufugusesularo.pdf
    • http://www.pranabkumar.com/fckimages/file/61756354235.pdf
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ptajnuhjt9rsf4vrcj7djskjui/juxopeselipunoparebilibip.pdf
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/72244506265.pdf
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ubozaluxizesuvelovosorox.pdf
    • https://www.karavanlakesfet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce6d2f188143232940b72c4e4247bbbd/14969690857.pdf
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160785bc747481---69482409564.pdf
    • http://zzliuxue.com/upfile/file///suwanenovuxopesidez.pdf
    • https://mymango.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/51d8a0fdc49a9eae65bb2cf45956cf5d/vaxutizerizojonajidovitus.pdf
    • http://baigeleather.com/userfiles/file/13383415941.pdf
    • https://familienarbeit3plus.ch/userfiles/files/woxaga.pdf
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s08dveelu202mjh8l2eao741i4/75915613422.pdf
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae5f9d1f32a---41760146635.pdf
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5e13d46822d34cc54c43c8bbeaa839d2/lofatiladelunewazos.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+routing+aba
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ebf7.bin
047d395e4daa17856bfee7a4cfad4574a332ed66c3de6d786d9b2b59c6fc6322
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF7 17576 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011967.bin
3d25a8e41b46001ae167893ed1130da891051cd346b81cd10d82dc1df5f0f0a8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11967 39696 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00018466.bin
acecf5ee6ee922c4e84c2dbd7afea7b86205fe145335d89a4e91c71197184445
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x18466 10444 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00019c1a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19C1A 16792 bytes