Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a5c229ed7ea4a1a3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-07-23 11:32:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: dd5e8c552ad3626b052921d36d36fd88 SHA-1: 20b2a9a30defe5e1ebc46f0ce42d6a311f6e7f64 SHA-256: a5c229ed7ea4a1a3f0c2d4a1e603daa683fe4d141b06bab04e0be9e278aaa31a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077435a73606---5640629065.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wisserarm.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/bitaka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a71e697711a119b904c16ab3cdb8b95/84274787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/464ia5e1glv0j3ndbkeecp19d6/16667970388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avtoarka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/baedebbf0548977418dbf7df65488a49/kebar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://siyata.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af88cc16d7d---diwadamoxerosizekunuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://go-trec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3pe9ehf8ad3u2uj8fj9ca06454/26144426657.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jobsincrete.gr/images/_user_na/file/49892169767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080699f97279---levewuruj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lateonsettay-sachs.org/userfiles/file/mepum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://computer-rudolstadt.de/upload/file/60724422448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cheapmotorcycleinsurancepa.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4424djek0oi5nem6ohri1r5q65/lixotafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dycmc.com/DATA/upload/files/202106152108015531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dsodrecital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de029f3e409---pojizuwanazuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.entornopublicitario.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97c7184e5fde0cdc94ecccd800bc30d8/vopelusajerarupobudo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meteosputnik.ru/userfiles/file/33785192889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/ribiliti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noospc.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/wunozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ontech.vn/images/ckeditor/files/67711353051.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daiichitravel.com/uploads/news_file/vunavozesonurisevewow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/469f22b319545775613710ad9c9be875/20320159539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/xakadujej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/2146461564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=default+username+and+password+of+kali+linuxPDF 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_off0001070e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1070E 18192 bytes
SHA-256: d96563f5e770a8023725ae98f84eab6b950dfb578d671172dd130d8eafa6dff0
font_01_sfnt_off00013734.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13734 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014f4b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14F4B 11040 bytes
SHA-256: 04ede217a11dd04f492374d757370f92fab77917de0d1500554405cf284639ab