Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fa2fc83efb660a2e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.6 KB Created: 2021-08-19 11:07:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: b8c8ae3a0845fb49ceb71133717dd16e SHA-1: b444911157391a19c4aaaec3ac052664224ef125 SHA-256: fa2fc83efb660a2ed19dfac342bd9708300bc7903411ad1e9879ac02ce515b18
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. The presence of numerous external URIs, many hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggests an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving the exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities or the delivery of a secondary payload via embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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=how+much+jail+time+for+possession+of+a+stolen+firearm PDF link annotation
    • https://vipbeachhouse.com/uploads/editor/file/bifebosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce5b488f1fb4950d041ebc98afe804f3/lakokebikunojevigew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://insureavisitor.com/userfiles/file/polebumiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bluetact.com/locktactyuma/userfiles/file/15473564043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1sk7975vhh9pkjmqmilfb84tc1/94472705076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077309897fbf---64006855728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/tudixigubobisamonudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--90aweabvm.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57494229507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brighterhealthcare.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ir6g9jds662jmnc2h44buqcpgs/78916896200.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dui-antidote.net/images/userfiles/file/52943883723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pension-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/gawizabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kochamsushi.pl/UserFiles/file/46353199021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorestagno.eu/userfiles/files/limeniw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://talleresjpg.es/img/file/zaxipimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahounova.cz/userfiles/file/61949029827.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urparitet.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24310700782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pferde-fuer-unsere-kinder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161060b502b2a0---71312667149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aquamedicasatumare.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28027578336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://genesisbehaviorcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4554dd85ac7710f9c459490378aca1ad/40290850642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cca5863ef5766721c7f0c6bef7464cf/gevopiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allamericannursing.com/userfiles/file/98627107289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d6675629171---55409929904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sehs67.com/clients/e/e0/e078d4d0076166a7bb489ca3b3a583ab/File/maxuwapoxezeluse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608157c1e8634---veligezusenogetafadutuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.truca-taoules.com//ckfinder/userfiles/files/69887592666.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_off0000e154.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE154 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f966.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF966 17600 bytes
SHA-256: c436e9896f91215dccd452fa90d59fe6d473ebe88b52bd046d6281234ebddb74
font_02_sfnt_off00012692.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12692 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 73f2cac492d14a2cd7e8c36b00610c6017d533e910422a07f2ba3fd01d543be0

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