Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bc58f0c777c4e887…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 03:55:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2fc52bf08af16c4a3d7e8e2a8a9312a0 SHA-1: ff12191e7100f8fae3f4f50145df6ef86a171e9a SHA-256: bc58f0c777c4e8878e23bd318dc7699a0d85d7409c4bb0b3946eb50aacfc38b7
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was identified as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' indicates the document may be designed to trick users into calling a fraudulent support number, a common tactic in phishing and tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/bojewapur.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://taociren.com/upload/file/210903120003650127j2g988o0i13v.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614211aa5c7e4---xazazivawenex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4a828fee5a12b9902ce9249add64d597/gulolufagiril.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grasslandtj.com/upload/files/xoropemudogimalas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150002.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210903183445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wixoon.hu/upload/file/wojofitevinapaxuxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobspace.xyz/web/img/podborky/files/14410068318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614317086c8af---rulole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumosushingrill.com/uploads/files/44185231659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cke.hk/userfiles/95869937653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ufcnagykanizsa.hu/userfiles/file/gixajinigibofetalilabewot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hagelkonzept.com/userfiles/file/biwap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.magicapro.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f96885cfcf---9398528827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymart.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38623070548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telektrans.hu/editor_up/97467528898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunpix.ru/img/lib/file/91581090472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artlabjo.com/userfiles/file/34022670887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/54232874239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candleelectricals.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/3611765335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d0c04dcfc0---kojafitebebiwusemum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kolesnikov.pro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/limojotuzidetukejijokopaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/muvizagudisunakuxabowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=aim+best+for+carrom+pool+mod+apk+downloadPDF 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_off0000de5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE5D 19008 bytes
SHA-256: 22b6a79a70bb42b29f6b4c14b87ca70e8b89d780a17d2a1157677f2205694383
font_01_sfnt_off0001103c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1103C 11080 bytes
SHA-256: 1bac9951a378641d85b5ed058cba93d8dae3fce16e71b64b92835ca311648c7d
font_02_sfnt_off000129ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x129EC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1