Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fca02649d5f4f502…

MALICIOUS

PDF

131.2 KB Created: 2021-08-08 09:45:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 7040a383b1f9807085aa796f4b4b3020 SHA-1: 6c0e3c0a951e92735c4bf3435efb9b8682c603e0 SHA-256: fca02649d5f4f5023717ca77a7f3aedcc9ee950e4eee91d895a2499d00bd7229
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. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or delivering a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://queure.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+win+in+sea+battle+on+iphone PDF link annotation
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac78dfc4e5b---90916283927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093a70c7eb62---vaparu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210513211340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v6sngtjarrk8pfsn9nvnc47pv7/60406373655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.next-conseil.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ec36a756e4---43506083290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arlingtonhigh1961.com/clients/e/ef/ef36f0800c0a5d5a0b00d5ecc8c3c6da/File/lujulenapovuzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metal-et-verre.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tudutumim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wildarium.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gixunutuzas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://izumrud38.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xadevegumutimofekar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieompaysdebray.fr/lesiom/txt/imgadmin/file/lusolaxup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4gk95kmpvbssmbb7ulbs8rgfk9/85823829136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://markone-tools.com/upload/files/90714876086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b18fd60125afbf0c63cff1324897e46a/68761198770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.scsi.coop/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/79adad4d540657e6771fb3ef82685615/xesuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lifestyleufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c64fc13418ed3cc4135748e49f4a19d3/60641978490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f63ee40c906b615baa968565479ad136/zofololivotegavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aportecnica.com/imagenes/editor/file/loxaxamufutorekev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://singlesync.com/userfiles/file/96375478094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073cb5269cc3---pupufuwiwozedakafetuzutur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drivingschool-brno.eu/files/kuxelipokawisofovixaverik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sce.tw/uploads/files/60e7f6a2b3da0.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allegroescrow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c034839c937---44430270400.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audreyheselmans.com/_files/file/marofojeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/misimonunazapisi.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_off00019376.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19376 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001ab88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1AB88 22716 bytes
SHA-256: 6bb1d10eb8b4010152dacc293395f1940df463c29bea28927b4204e7046f8e20
font_02_sfnt_off0001e63e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E63E 10464 bytes
SHA-256: 6d6199b582639098ec7e3ae64dcc28432d6d07dd4ea1de4be61b1e8d7730c3fa