Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9801d5c1aa47c93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.7 KB Created: 2021-08-08 18:49:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-22
MD5: 053dca72e070375ac36b082ce0e5cabc SHA-1: 27ae9a170846a92dc58fef3bc733f7a4820f8031 SHA-256: a9801d5c1aa47c93f28292ee8aecbf30f38fcccbd7728bb1b72fa7747a0794bc
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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=foxwoods+restaurants+sugar+factory PDF link annotation
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ihlg83np6ht6tqcqfrfbvfh7o/58212530459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/gabeladugikejazuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baodinhsolar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/igiblm6thrk62l0ip7spa5varj/31726891569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edu-mate.kr/_UploadFile/Images/file/40559462910.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/64398335566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0bcd557d1ca72a8ed4e00315ce04221e/80034782468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abnicum.ru/files/file/somol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad71afadbe6---povod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragonera.cn/admin/userfiles/file/49418803934.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af905b2fa68---diwidapowaxusapofevubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://besi.co/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maludarotufirezikakuwixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.misshandicap.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c24e72eb0c---jotugobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dfa-finanz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9545949a08---jelawisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160933cceb2849---61337939432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sussexweddingservices.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609867ca6cc24---rugupuwiluvivamozetab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bioterapiazabiegi.pl/obrazy/file/29169331641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.phonefixcomo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b16015ab53a---12817807258.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidcosz.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h06clakbfqugij6scn6abmcejo/nejedobezulesopegupeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoradiator.mn/uploads/ckfinder/files/rutesigatadob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iphysiology.ru/upload/30717609618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.virtualaid.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080126b782d3---43636610057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shinies.ru/img/lib/file/57471482653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarlampa.ru/upload_picture/59005582363.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://humantouchtranslations.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160a095388b945---gizafefiwukofowogutopa.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_off0000cc7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC7B 10892 bytes
SHA-256: 6ccde7a7ef07835b2df3fdadf9ddba09470870553967399b508f219231c770ef
font_01_sfnt_off0000e5b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B7 16512 bytes
SHA-256: b47bc84b057528de9684dc9617ed0f622eadaea53940d00ddf8ab760e0a1b23a
font_02_sfnt_off000110b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1