Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a775ebdfc4bda22f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.7 KB Created: 2021-07-05 05:57:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: d6d89fcfa963788a071e969bdb43dc42 SHA-1: 1f676319ab0b3a0fb9f5799b3edc906b0cb4a2ca SHA-256: a775ebdfc4bda22f44ec8a3d19607c3449b658e19f0361f48063522d9c599d93
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external URIs and is flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scams. The document's structure and embedded links suggest it's part of a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, designed to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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 https://crewmak.ru/uplcv?utm_term=mission+park+cemetary PDF link annotation
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c343fd51388ad1202690eff027bfc57/70454497513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ryokanclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210618_B674655FC4EC723B.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fatheragneliti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a477a866bc8---30924128999.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semineebrasov.ro/printuri-fi/files/99753713567.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c2203c79cf---nojovigebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://area34.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mb06e3uk5n0hfvmhn4fjkcj993/lebojepikarugiguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.urbanwaterways.info/files/xajegedujivimax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://npxbyy.com/wang3_3_10_27/Upload/Upload/file/20216291235271766.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photojet.bg/userfiles/file/23887758432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azseal.net/uploads/userfiles/file/xufoxupegutipugavele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9e86b65c64816ce4c318cb5d27c777e4/98659837672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2be6fd26c2---bogiviludixomunozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a31a8b94b9b---donasawobupobizepuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vector-luczak.pl/new/fck_user_files/file/pozivebobasebine.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/521946f957935f1d1f27da9e78978ecd/39031610977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/10f7b7a10e462e8ccb589727a8ebcdfd/furedezapadezaxejiral.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtdental.com/upload/ckimg/files/natusofuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/731a7f3a39334c77869aceb8708319f2/zexuses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/telamavevifurakasuror.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895a05a4f4d---41699688603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaktoppet.com/ck_imgs/files/33342009066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec2d572c7c---jagusowiwibejaxudoluximi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fashioncenterpoint.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a7e09bde4525d2a896c22cf324173035/waworamijanifejapafa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptchasers.com/FCKeditor/userfiles/file/sazezezetijetavomevavilu.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_off0000e4b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCC7 18264 bytes
SHA-256: 53703fccbb68a3e84e3d2c0c0da14b34fd9f224020f25bc0af1ed6ce7e784ad5
font_02_sfnt_off00012d2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D2E 10688 bytes
SHA-256: 84ab908c2928bf3b4b6ed910023674a1627b575919b9041d6d09eafac8d7bbdc