Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0508495ea86f2f2b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-08-12 20:18:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ab03efc51c7d217493e1ca280852cc53 SHA-1: da41b4752b23da018c6eea7c8fb61c54618b773e SHA-256: 0508495ea86f2f2b28bfbaf86f571fc1ed308b8a9fffeaff127dd10cf75b88ad
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains heuristics indicating it's a link farm and a callback phishing lure, suggesting the user is prompted to call a number for a fraudulent purpose. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score point towards malicious intent, likely related to phishing or social engineering scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://tractorpulling-emmeloord.nl/upload/file/numezi.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071d101a3a61---2683720317.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://afghansolar.com/userfiles/file/83243675748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/87363570913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.net/file/46204416525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yucekalipmakina.com/tsrm1/img/userfiles/file/tejodefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://slenderclub.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77498118062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://handsonmontessoripk.com/userfiles/files/76782136574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tecnicadovolante.com/images/file/76581262316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swotaweb.org/img/upload/file/47532573641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stlnsk.ru/uploads/file/fudoxilodafozawixanogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/49272559484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb88ff0c5fc---gelusirojekukowozux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.certificagreen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080a7a7bdc23---lesitikabigibimu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://championsforchildren.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f62a3620611db938ae5b2f888301502/78950405313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fiumevivo.it/userfiles/files/7974017135.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursaceviritercume.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102e648625c1---folokijejojoriputexapof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/102784a41ff1e5db46449a40e56bd52f/kuxajafovebawaxatorej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkykinhdoanhkiengiang.com/upload/ck/files/10632607103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c833e144ed---7912523078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cukiernia-waltar.pl/qcms/userfiles/file/44743973768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gml.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160993cce6de35---somejutali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweden2020reunion.com/clients/e/e2/e2375cbe45a1e08e95d3a39ca41e84e3/File/82967976609.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=2012+hyundai+sonata+hybrid+transmission+problemsPDF link annotation
    • 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_off0000e9f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010207.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10207 16204 bytes
SHA-256: a21d93523efa4e2e83e503a084a5ea5cc50ab5760aceb74f14e43f36689b8d81
font_02_sfnt_off00012beb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BEB 11208 bytes
SHA-256: 380ecc903e1714444bced054f56455c7a2ac8cbb3db8b9e1e1b9b289ba33f612