Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a66f7f27b86f9275…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 06:49:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ab33d0560605740e81cd6afe123735a0 SHA-1: c24fe57babc5efc9fc8c157ff48166589bf62dfa SHA-256: a66f7f27b86f9275727078da4ec852598814d14f78fe75c506436169e6de86a2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV detecting it as a phishing trojan. The document contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in phishing and tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://dc-a0dcf319a153.breakthroughsport.com/userfiles/files/95370326099.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ddtoyz.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50289038817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinproval.it/userfiles/files/74449550617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegmsbihta.in/userfiles/file/90445072003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hwangtosidae.com/userData/ebizro_board/file/4235244729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fanghsin.com/uploads/files/202109011900087277.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqevgbihquc58d8n9bpn55ok41/41540641010.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leganordavigliana.it/uploads/file/69333424146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuongiare.vn/upload/files/21641777139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-antwerp.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135d02132c18---vidilugipajagamanizatip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://olympicthesportshop.in/uploads/50866517319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247christianity.org/fckeditor/userfiles/file/844511904741631337350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holycrosshealthcare.com/userfiles/files/rowiwodedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mpressivelabels.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewirumekogoxewosimujiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martabaktelor.com/contents/files/ximifipizotowawete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nwatchonline.org/userfiles/file/50547805976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138db5572fee---99266846685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suncables.co/images/file/sisemotijedovewew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psychophonie-tarbes.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fijofefewubopugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twinslock.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/zosiladizeponoxelofixub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dotykbylinky.sk/_subory/subory/4548674078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shendaoguoji.com/data/attachment/file/xerifugagupobemuwutomezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmrivestimenti.com/userfiles/files/90533592958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfort8889.com/upload/files/38215140351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hirurgija.me/files/kevuxexetumupim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pizzeriadevita.it/userfiles/files/46307968053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=card+reader+apkPDF 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_off0000d22e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD22E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ea44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEA44 9880 bytes
SHA-256: f033cfd3cf9658b3946ec8c486070962da064dfe7b0046a661437477111f3caa
font_02_sfnt_off00010019.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10019 19624 bytes
SHA-256: f2b8d5f6b25c6f1bc099e18f06a1087c809bd5e6ea166a42824cdd9893e49d0c