Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0afc86eced75fb28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

130.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 14:03:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: df056de50ba598f809b5775b2a382c0b SHA-1: 0c3b10a0b7e1ec54358af393745eb2bf01af6409 SHA-256: 0afc86eced75fb28724f14a2aa624bcbd1a24edd1e29b51cdb2cdbeaed2394c9
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9944

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
  • 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://smidgel.ru/uplcv?utm_term=the+concept+of+anxiety+soren+kierkegaard+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://griby.biz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89286191314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hfengly.dk/skoleportalen/userfiles/file/57085653290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dycmc.com/DATA/upload/files/202109050207301366.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://betentour.com/sites/default/files/file/wuvivadakonufugenewuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barrier.exma.cl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zuxusoxunisuvup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boek.se/bilder_umeny/File/vumad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cicm2015.mist.ac.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84518421852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regalmotors-jp.com/js/upload/files/busotikevevaraxaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/likejezaludomuxod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a47cfa9fb2---32587071489.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nt-module.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/45285812215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debeleven.net/UserFiles/File/nokul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onutglen.com/caningest/images/file/65852631685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seedomoretravel.com/files/files/36943624909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://quangcaowebsite.vn/uploads/files/bubumadiritemilenezifas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a6545b0b5---51897237595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grandiosieventinuziali.it/filesUploads/file/timekazedizamuderinikeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1carl.com/userfiles/file/vebazusenamuxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongdacable.com/d/files/91487932244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmsrecuperocrediti.it/images/file/37320008131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nationshield.ae/userfiles/files/62704334920.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://egokituz.org/files/galeria/files/89236546852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bawauang.com/contents/files/nidekoxirimoviminejamexij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasekurzy.cz/userfiles/file/33723951287.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_off0001969d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1969D 19960 bytes
SHA-256: d6f816dd9d7a2bc95ecad026d5d56e549d1a2e6946fe80afc9f35cfb54f64a4d
font_01_sfnt_off0001ca88.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CA88 11124 bytes
SHA-256: cb507cc1f89de8c87ab83e91cc1a502eeb75c30edfeae24fb4e1c6d340c74f01
font_02_sfnt_off0001e456.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E456 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1