Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 da80a7d11505e954…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-05 15:22:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: d09734a3e9f6b8ea916f9309887fa69e SHA-1: cca3c5acb3e948eea91a5fbd89d38ce92b4f5b97 SHA-256: da80a7d11505e9543ff2b88541c1b7d88f6a2cc6bdb26eed2e57995c79d505d9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF that contains numerous links to external resources, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The presence of callback phishing lures suggests the document is designed to trick the user into contacting a fraudulent support or billing service, likely to extract sensitive information or money.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9937

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 http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160adec99c47db---25557271470.pdf
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/16310765959.pdf
    • http://judyzscotties.com/clients/1/1f/1f1ef5c9f72ce0e5bea5babf356718c6/File/jodogeluw.pdf
    • http://pulsrmedia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1fe9e2311---77265652663.pdf
    • http://www.etoiles-recrutement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607233a0913a3---fixiso.pdf
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/79920037837.pdf
    • https://bienenaktuell.com/sites/bienenaktuell.com/files/file/logolemoz.pdf
    • https://yastudio.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b031fae5b981aea36da328f0bec6db1d/32380651919.pdf
    • https://essaidafm.com/uploads/FCK_files/file/61933612258.pdf
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073a7c1363f9---96362660617.pdf
    • http://xn----8sbpvg0afdbe.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4t24f5g54r4k2cs9u6do43rbq2/nuxugebusuv.pdf
    • http://nuestratierrapremios.com/campannas/file/lukofosovojitaf.pdf
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/52847341226.pdf
    • http://otohondamientay.com/upload/files/18407180784.pdf
    • https://www.swx.global/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9b8ddcc53651ed14675f57f0b05295a2/figotepubinunodixotovuke.pdf
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70664aaf0da87a21d32b5ddef01e5478/10818073603.pdf
    • http://www.suffaheducation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d4ee05929c---tosolusedewugosaroboxudog.pdf
    • https://bhsbeacon.com/FCKeditor/file/nudadekenaxumozifi.pdf
    • http://lhdrum.com/User_File/UpFile/file/20210628035657_amVqb3J1cGl0.pdf
    • https://myveolife.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9f827bac9aa64fa073e6ad522278c21/katifanam.pdf
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a5f3390dbfb3a88df7db883f6faa07fa/pukemofikesin.pdf
    • https://www.lokalesichtbarkeit.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8u9c6pgeshakquecsajlcbpheg/95264935369.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1513c78f49260ab5ea553c5114f43f13/gajezepakidokoxizeji.pdf
    • http://kaushalacademy.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xupifovatisofuta.pdf
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c38f1665fe9---37700099187.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=818+area+code+time
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ff42.bin
c152732f3c2cf866067a3fef4728adddf14523f067d61fffb8f39e09f3afaf6e
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF42 17388 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00012d19.bin
7eb11ec71238b6864a34d6cc08cf2d7d237ece31c6f1357cc95fc27b13cb087a
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D19 10376 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001449b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1449B 16792 bytes