Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06872a5a602835a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 15:58:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 7b9a8579466c6e015f00d82ce6f26e43 SHA-1: 21ae5b789eefde5301b80251ac3490ad0774c2a3 SHA-256: 06872a5a602835a860e497e2293be43fd95f75a53983cf6a53673e684ed8b52d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic further supports a phishing pretext, likely aiming to trick users into visiting malicious links or engaging with fraudulent services.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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=hex+to+bcd PDF link annotation
    • http://www.performhabitat.fr/bundles/astadmin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pulapajuruwegagigepuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soudurelauziere.ca/upload/editor/file/sarota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alconsprom.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kilarisuxale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smeeing.com/userfiles/files/14776809327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lalorraineperdue.com/documents/99216613052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varosom.hu/userfiles/files/nularadovosinoloz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a0c9eaeff4---finowedugesegonujuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctechlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/bepanobifuxetateruguvum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medicalproduct.hu/images/files/65274817957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seeandhearbetter.ie/img/shop/contents/40186224968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teranor.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wobowumebaviseli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.adanakursmerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130355c4ae19---pefumofisisidalavuzedobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luckyfood.itweald.com/uploads/files/61457f7657667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hauptlawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/jufinolofadotetixibovafol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swaptoys.org/ckeditor/uploads/files/kijetepoziweles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pm-ural.com/uploads/files/43566453508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mayingiabao.com/upload/files/28379975645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bengalroys.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50465580837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ntct.dz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49522804259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://location-venise.com/italie_documents/files/xokidovatomaxojupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ebeb3eff2d---21581283178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://berbun.com/user_img/file/53637432775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christopherspubandgrille.com/userfiles/files/gilowutotudopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vimbark.sk/editor_uploads/files/wuzivikadowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perfecthospitals.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84844122971.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_off0000c387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC387 9924 bytes
SHA-256: aaeae9bf9e47ba1a50770aeeaf4d338fc641aa94c8f1c298b5ac818404e016fa
font_01_sfnt_off0000d981.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD981 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f193.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF193 16504 bytes
SHA-256: df095efc105472587aed095d5c19edd7f81bc19832acf2f927b7bf494e6bc4a3