Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c77d55dd2c0d28f0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.8 KB Created: 2021-09-26 13:58:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 3ea1a7cc46a60ec317725c31c7818619 SHA-1: 65f07cbd242b877993172e09e9d1e11322879d39 SHA-256: c77d55dd2c0d28f09303cebc59689a9d3b76daa62e1fc3231897a7457faad8d0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing and callback scam. The document contains numerous links to disposable hosting and compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. The presence of embedded URLs and the heuristic indicating a callback lure strongly suggest the document's purpose is to trick the user into initiating contact, likely for fraudulent purposes.

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=beginning+to+be+a+bit+of+an+acronym PDF link annotation
    • http://neoneofytou.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33186820412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614d32492413c---87684381500.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-8/20210908125643139797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://madame-tina.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nubonatenufomeputejube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nktrading.qa/file/files/13082804723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weiken-rc.com/upload/files/43696994186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://butagallery.com/userfiles/files/jonoziso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parejalecaros.com/adjunto/upload/fck/files/sejuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sbriz.ru/userfiles/file/dufasovuduzijefebaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.weldcor.ca/public/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lewidewuleduweka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labellebeaute.com.hk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94587699736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astefin.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lepomixezumunupabupadek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harshahometutors.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/karomotikesamosulaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://architektor.ru/uploads/file/23452148244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuyewrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28c03778b8fe5089bc5e2d4267d0818e/50598783011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://indicaperu.com/userfiles/file/15310484794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appextskihjthj.handysociality.com/upload/files/bukoxozenazoxokedimakipux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobardinisrl.com/userfiles/files/lusakolodamurisoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40719111422.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce25c62b7c---jolexufefemil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eg-connect.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/rowiguvitofigaxito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asmitahrgroup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/33196715102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sydneystudytour.com/accounting/userfiles/file/34115543799.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_off0000af58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAF58 14768 bytes
SHA-256: 2bc7bc52eb30c9f4595a883894660a63df8bb83b2c61e145607092aa4cbf3621
font_01_sfnt_off0000d4a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD4A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ecb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB8 10772 bytes
SHA-256: a6e314a277923f7a69a57f6da861ae8f1325795ab16cea544a5667ad330c2e3e