Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13a84b451606e03b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-05 08:14:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 9afc973811f20966110204e5c60036d7 SHA-1: 9ec10e6f8d23427780af09bccd24ee29f11bf4a8 SHA-256: 13a84b451606e03bb8a575a885302853bd8b39060b63bd9384852cba20fd1295
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a callback phishing scam. It contains an embedded JavaScript stream and multiple links to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, suggesting it's designed to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into downloading further payloads. The document's structure and heuristic firings indicate it is part of a phishing campaign, likely aiming to deceive users into initiating contact via phone for fraudulent purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://skyrunarser.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210812150334873018gefz8a.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://saleskerala.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44076398885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingfrimale.com/userfiles/files/fixukibuwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://0a3exp.com/upfiles/editor/files/50203884444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haysalon.com/public_html/userfiles/file/18111471653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotocaroli.it/userfiles/files/46579010059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pretaporter-pegah.com/userfiles/file/80654342264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibkrakow.pl/uploads/files/16903979555.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ka-base.no/images_content/file/45546521426.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitecds.com/userfiles/file/94923266456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gamjagolla.com/uploads/files/foveri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paron-rebondir.com/uploads/files/mawatezuguzotimiraga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipost.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gopekugaxexuzexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7699507760---timan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cissi.it/userfiles/files/wumulelubogivomakile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadinlarsitesi.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607651b701a87---latoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unipell.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e17ec5229---tuniragotevejiwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://otelnamore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc434ca4e6212895307ac2eb86d0a3ca/vexutibewezarulax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://volnynaklad.cz/data/file/lidivawimota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abb05c310c3---gutusegubudelogikonadib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usatovl.ru/upload/fckeditorfile/tifarunexaxemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nesthomes.in/userfiles/file/14692869296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.absolutecateringla.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f8681c21c---22035866432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/40865572666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lesura.net/userfiles/file/nawimawogosiwujubiris.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/budulenovugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=oceania+healthcare+ipo+prospectus+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2564b70bd96a9cba80678f18495389cb/famogisobiradonokeniniw.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_off0000f12e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF12E 10844 bytes
SHA-256: 1c165e8a5790d0b087596eeb596373a8066d45d949a2de3c00f31c70505c2fe0
font_01_sfnt_off00010a20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A20 18636 bytes
SHA-256: dd1dda9787fa0162c081ee91c11492df0f72b6529192dfb38f898667fc791dd9
font_02_sfnt_off00013aed.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AED 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1