Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffc7e0249259e2d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-23 21:52:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7f48bcff9ba4422e7d125800fc7d02a0 SHA-1: db75f51cac1d64c1830b8d4d886a64ae6ecd0ca3 SHA-256: ffc7e0249259e2d4ba793cb3041d8c218f33d6d4660edc4da5708d655a4287a4
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' indicates the document may also attempt to trick users into making phone calls, consistent with phishing or tech-support scams. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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=cheat+tower+of+hell+roblox PDF link annotation
    • http://localhomesales.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614c26dbaea9c---gatukonivagotuzep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eco-translation.ca/upload/editor/file/rixixonakupulodogovozidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitranglani.com/upload/files/30823563485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iranjobex.com/cache/fck_files/file/xidikotibepapolipotor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beautifullifeuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4eaef84ca91cfe5183c2526b4f68802e/90198612193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://custom-mugs-factory.com/uploadfile/files/22943870964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billagelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/fibatogakalasaniselotexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84375277410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccskin.com/geektic/files/purixobagenawobib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladymamashop.com/uploads/files/202109150506171035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nabsangram.com/userfiles/file/bepuwizonilorawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://support-trevianum.nl/userfiles/files/44728832124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.frontierexim.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vafbd06cp501akug3fbcmu4ksu/daxigelubamopuwekados.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adoriantarla.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161483f6d8f4ab---99415217858.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ww150002.linebot.net/upfile/files/20210916183323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ohsongpharm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32116186568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72f7tgunb2sj47sp3dvrm6ubso/makoxovajij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nitm.ac.in/nitmeghalaya/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48803373808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pikhospital.com/ck_uploads/uploads/files/sorevaruvoziv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floramarble.com/uploads/torepubezazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://villacappuccina.com/userfiles/files/sosabizejudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/vezedorejajuvamuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabrikando.com/cmsimple/images/file/15565142178.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_off0000dfc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFC8 17764 bytes
SHA-256: 18a8a079892013760944e3b3bf7d9feb816be3ebb1c606356e8680e0dcb2694f
font_01_sfnt_off00010e11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012628.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12628 10308 bytes
SHA-256: f60089f7979f97f286e96b6e087f1fc8f71eb2dcce5f0165025299221b775d18