Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 06cd88c5a8bcdda4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-08-09 11:20:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: e5fa0f158409badb624e534e3b032df6 SHA-1: 5c8c698bca169db59e85dda636a2c983047ddf57 SHA-256: 06cd88c5a8bcdda46adca4588ba3005949e69388273a1ffc8bd3244a09eabb2a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains a link farm with numerous URLs, many hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to direct users to malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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 http://shophouse.info/images/files/xamul.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.expoagrogto.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/uqfrb3tok858lr4ph62v3ictq7/824269994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cafchkme5g8k7sk27jbsnpb1g/xopuravusuvixiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studio-rivetti.it/userfiles/files/89597504196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wecans.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/fivijipakalusolapumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volamtuyetthe.com/userfiles/file/68755999654.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f5490ae395---zopotinujafekipideriwebez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bestmiamiturf.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce1a7fe044530795f368eebd1a219900/32319056183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nepalaviationmuseum.com/userfiles/files/78758800603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjjapan.jp/files/ckeditor/files/gumesopubibelazugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tamtam.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b8569c273a315d0b6542832eec43df0/4435356619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barcabianca.eu/upload/file/vofakedomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.3dreamchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecae621d67f6d9f5f05c3d8b796a5187/pirebojomibex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reparaciondebomba.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p1k7tht1jekqlht8uhmvd64fr1/99065456549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evermoral.hk/upload/file/1627388006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ideviceplus.be/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/niwoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smlstripedbass.com/home/rock/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16564979313.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imreelectric.sk/uploads/file/7635612085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097a8b31bdf6---71418502344.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vickers-electronics.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/33629ef0c72dd9abbbda9902ceab3010/matimudotex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hartwellcook.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d84c22d3b6c10649cf28ffb5bff29162/kajiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.highettmetal.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jifoberupalukuxakesefebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736d5f6d486---36963534284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://banktapeunadana.com/tapeunadana/bank2/admin/userfiles/file/15741283234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+reset+mi+power+bankPDF 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_off0000f526.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF526 10676 bytes
SHA-256: 5f776b97be245b15b3b521f71ca1ab0e087e773d35e71650056104cad23d702f
font_01_sfnt_off00010d70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D70 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012582.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12582 17596 bytes
SHA-256: e5ac52f50e54025d0c53a8a6508d4d8f07f78f0595186db0c44182aa8c7aba47