Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1fdd7f677fc33e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-14 07:27:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f1aabf7049a83c8c52381115a2ecb16d SHA-1: 1faa3ac9a029feadaf4eba22d4d7ed99e3db4034 SHA-256: d1fdd7f677fc33e1fe7397e4d8b6f1a241b820f53e08693f2d77d1ea72d77c80
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The document contains numerous links to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to host malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in callback phishing and tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://coretry.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+thin+layer+chromatography+is PDF link annotation
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a341e8ea220bcab56f91c17a309a5b3/81995064041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609aa9b7dccce---43380598251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hantverkarenisandby.se/UserFiles/files/lugixebenarepox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210704120742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.icodar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5bd39211d6---sujanezetozulozokijoxiden.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://informerfitness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/097493d547767b46d285914d238380ca/45923769864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://20thhelicoptersquadronreunion.com/clients/71358/File/82621162582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ochoadentalcare.com/tacgestorcontenidos_ochoa/documentos/file/In PDF document text
    • http://www.vinoplaza.nl/img/upload/files/butuzidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/82043649929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hssipm.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/005457039ca00af7696c6cf723791989/pafixufewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panda-es.tokyo/yamituki-n/uploads/files/jopawevomilemisiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imbirimbir.ru/files/53902960107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/76202285477.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicoptere.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609842efee84a---jejabufeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/32056727073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquafilling.com/userfiles/file/10148916775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/56289284210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jiep3lf8inseooe4p2rmb6cij5/87516446053.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.skyline-recruiting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0f24b6efca868ff63d52155598d5094/47591730502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26618edb622b48c82eda519629eeaa7c/84942662639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosplay-expo.it/ckfinder/userfiles/files/biforutumewekixabivuwogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c6a2e2a47b---72057617491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0b43290620a0e9636ca53a06faec6520/43573654371.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_off0000ef7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7F 16988 bytes
SHA-256: 7bde030a2bd1650bcc39d93667f29011307e48a03478b14ef10b129c26a648c2
font_01_sfnt_off00011bda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11BDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000133f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x133F1 10900 bytes
SHA-256: e2ffad7eba44c35e60c69d2f0719570201453c57eb058a526f23953e8f8bd9a4