Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a76ecc8285dec8f7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-29 09:38:32 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: bd61e1269d2ce328a24081b9fdb83ec6 SHA-1: 63c911d110b8448478df2526036129d2aba291c3 SHA-256: a76ecc8285dec8f7573c6392f204caa30706a898b5ae2154bd4dee17cee1fbc6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The PDF contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to host malicious content or redirect users. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic confirms the document's intent to trick users into calling a phone number, a common tactic in phishing and tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=practice+with+adjectives+in+spanish+worksheet+answers
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eef6cf86c9bcc554f838a4d150b98743/zujokezonulajutututimobi.pdf
    • http://erkerlaender.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852070c7838---wexuzoninoworav.pdf
    • http://bephoangdung.vn/uploads/ckfinder/files/95567237094.pdf
    • https://hoovermaids.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2d9e1a2b95c067a2c1c7e0dbb88a59f/merajilobiripixogile.pdf
    • http://amphorabeautyclub.com/campannas/file/sewoza.pdf
    • http://rusiuojigalvoji.lt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa2a9ac1c8---17903595044.pdf
    • http://interel-rus.ru/test/sites/default/files/file/xudotuboperazududisav.pdf
    • http://donkaew-furniture.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wubatalezonasolodorazite.pdf
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qecrk64m37ccfbieicitf6rl4l/56749688039.pdf
    • http://dxqzx.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210616_004055.pdf
    • https://webmodels.studio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cbf68be9e07---nukolelanalixuxotok.pdf
    • http://www.megasaludips.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b932989b97---lokamiz.pdf
    • https://rdsdealers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91111069502.pdf
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/nopogibabesojasozo.pdf
    • http://gsoam.ge/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c904c51ed0---61274678664.pdf
    • http://www.viksexteriors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be92e596e76---2927381287.pdf
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0b5d8f9e08076411e65e73712612d9d/pipinugegigu.pdf
    • http://ajtoablakcentrum.com/_user/file/domivovej.pdf
    • http://actybrain-consult.com/Upload/files/tajugek.pdf
    • http://paliukenas.lt/i/File/7067562760.pdf
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8ea1272211c33a9134c292298f94ec7f/jizolam.pdf
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f871.bin
9d61ea7b4f7a72c20207132306d12d46f6d54220aaeab73440be5636eacb122d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF871 10940 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000111cd.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111CD 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000129df.bin
d2a3be0a3119c19cd8adb3669e6cdfbf27d1690f0fb47371e2c60ba5e0cdaee5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129DF 18960 bytes