Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0e6ccd494bf19b22…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 18:41:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: d39e1a0d9128ddd3447f37239ff2ea90 SHA-1: 3cdf4523a5efda7a61be9f375b64a998e2a7391b SHA-256: 0e6ccd494bf19b22f66490fbe0494cb0905e89c7d1ef56d8f5a114db7e1d1083
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a callback lure, prompting the user to contact a number for billing, refund, or security issues, which is characteristic of phishing and scam operations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to lead users to malicious content or facilitate a scam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://discarga.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161302e609c3d0---75284806819.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://sirmamedia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bebajana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vgi-vn.vn/app/webroot/img/files/diruwebapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yurisolomko.com/userfiles/file/36851571970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613006a54b96d---21809640337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careerroots.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jetimezuser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxflowfans.com/userfiles/file/75363279326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avanti-kuhni.ru/upload/files/gixebuxurifunofepuduvabub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mavismanagement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135683cd9623---kitababijojuxanisonoribox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gotoippc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36977679692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alatheir.com/atheirwsfiles/file/30309843649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/81634920202.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coutleelaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/6103728694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netart.hu/userfiles/file/24180403340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tiande-global.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88225093543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://permagnet.com/upload_files/file/2109022105461211079g0cjj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maxitelt.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130e0de597a3---16971685443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinivetmadonnadirosa.eu/userfiles/files/78424252744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domki-kopalino.pl/pliki/zagepudojos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0731.com/userfiles/file/20210906160216_e8p0at.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/11299765089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://herium.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_FC657B92EC830F68.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spandoekland.nl/userfiles/file/31701855624.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacydockandmarine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f64f43e4e07a6c088634154a1b9d2de/9304606575.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/sewavawelelubow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=huffy+electric+green+machine+owners+manualPDF 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_off0000e21c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE21C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fa2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA2E 17004 bytes
SHA-256: 8c6b0f117f6763d7f60a519eaa29dc6a54e34e95ffb6e8ab0b38f219fb69981b
font_02_sfnt_off00012659.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12659 11076 bytes
SHA-256: 384166c901b3a2fdcb7056d5f410d22ac095ed2757aa2561c2869d75d329a8dc

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