Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0ad758f08b290f0f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.0 KB Created: 2021-07-13 21:34:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 2def554b1315ad98ac1dcdccaa8c05e3 SHA-1: 599a9af31ef33daef25d061f7e5c848725a963c8 SHA-256: 0ad758f08b290f0fd371968337c645f953845632b4d8b700800ce688822c12d2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, and exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs indicate a phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 http://aeronautike.com/userfiles/file/5939454576.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nordicaluminium.ru/userfiles/file/seterenitenuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drsubhashawale.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16030657021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cpro.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076d7c142cc1---sabasaxefide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egf.tw/test2/images/file/rijupun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://catherine-massage.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/poletare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.korayozelguvenlik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160713fcd01fce---kekoxedajuvopuxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deborahkay.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rinurasakepuvubirureka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otdelkamos.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c9644fc039b3acaf17f4844260f21c9/mibenexeseloxaxapap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b092b26a928---batekubewazevof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://houstontca.org/Content/uploads/files/bifuzesefepewujiwedomagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c12313b8aef6afc38857e65666018724/sebukudowof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eternalbliss.net/file/88907206183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e104dc364f01731dd615a293a8f34c56/xujejiwusisizumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marvistasales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4150580720c9a6ec2a812f04d0903cac/56988356190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cleanenergy.mn/uploads/files/tokeze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://megalabsrl.it/userfiles/files/wekarijenenim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bliznacite.com/files/72970340391.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearings-home.com/userfiles/file/kudovuwobuperid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelokazakov.com/file/wazofof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hptindia.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072cbe00797f---jojelajiguzutigezogajono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pettwayfamilyreunion.com/clients/39389/File/19337032791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d33e952253---47606945418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+calculate+total+overhead+costPDF 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_off0001097e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1097E 17180 bytes
SHA-256: 7f19f5b58ff415c106debd77b0f193ab8c3e0e8d16b41aa49f74f7ef2938de58
font_01_sfnt_off00013681.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13681 10516 bytes
SHA-256: f7cd55b569cec731e2c0a3d822550031dfb52683c57676ad6d7e414cfbf65cfb
font_02_sfnt_off00014ea8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14EA8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1