Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 864647c0cdffcc76…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.4 KB Created: 2021-09-09 07:55:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f7834fd62912a6abc08cc1d486930743 SHA-1: 58ba3056883849b803b4f7f9a2b04c21a97fb286 SHA-256: 864647c0cdffcc760d33af6e8bdaf128ab28625e431d42764ca50a94d18f559c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a callback phishing or tech-support scam by prompting the user to call a phone number.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 http://wmc21.com/ckupload/files/28183987632.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nataliashishkina.com/userfiles/file/31456725528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubsahdianagalati.ro/upload/editor/file/53608017710.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rt-totaalafbouw.nl/userfiles/file/68193927287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://themodernla.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b3b97616c0829def5a1aa6bc78de3e8c/42137735933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushiosushi.com/uploads/files/gulatumewikinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--365-pn7mwb654m2qn.com/ckupload/files/durulelagidax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deccanquest.com/konadnew/userfiles/file/65051046908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onlinendttraining.com/files/laguzedefigizudabidajefex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siphonicflowmandiri.com/upload/files/lakixavijizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metrosecuritynepal.com/assets/userfiles/files/gosab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elperrocallejero.info/ckfinder/files/4840718517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/59573277186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davidhammerstein.org/userfiles/file/24704229181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gauravkankariya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f40502db1273aca79eec68d9e2d09057/1661707763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://marathon-gexin.com/Uploadfiles/files/8330263948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sblending.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161359eb15152d---tegolajegefevogaxuwawifek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sergiomauri.com/images/file/zibijazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greatwalledmond.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zebolizukabaxulenoxenedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sahcarpets.com/userfiles/file/keborulofavuvir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drmiamiconnect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b1cee3210bffa3f5581dc0cd0a23cc4/ruwogezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://detaycopymatbaa.com/userfiles/file/tusufitagox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tzounakos-insurance.gr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sosimufim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=android+mail+passwort+auslesenPDF link annotation
    • http://mustang.tom.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84371703603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000cdd7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDD7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5E9 17448 bytes
SHA-256: 0556f74313915ee7f1962e8d3b6fade4bf2314ab4f4c6f581872c6110a198185
font_02_sfnt_off00011358.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11358 10720 bytes
SHA-256: 79b40dfeb545aed4ad7bbe4968dadafc8087ecc89628fdda7bde931015c04b77