Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 28060ca069324405…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:46:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 31bcb519177cf555e9213b637790b35d SHA-1: 3e3b8d57d0ac488cf033d725cfac2ca4b9301952 SHA-256: 28060ca069324405980082c48107730aadc9d04f3b885eef4b3357c1aa812e3a
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to trick users into calling a phone number, consistent with callback phishing. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely involving social engineering to extract information or credentials.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://anhuicrew.com/upload_fck/file/2021-7-28/20210728153404713453.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://a1-automotivegroup.com/upload/files/6884545524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flylights.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d1vckais51bojj2sjpv176au79/radomutojakogoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luxe-pools.fr/i/File/47259793947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/osugupofesasemalenipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fabfadce0d---48741363655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/210602101835348229lgog4y.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ec1730b501f5c99bf584babe1dcebe72/60646904779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfrostov.ru/upload/files/99478162482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4528731464---84061616445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.emmabowman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fa38571ce2137f822bbe57ef71c3313e/14083263935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610dda93dca61---doradikigejugozobox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611634c1aca75---86400298564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonwering-belgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/56081571281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bititechnika.com/uploads/file/31850917625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ceb6124aed---48114209500.pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85372894e69229749da30f43390f0fad/biwijivunugavugimoxatigis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f3ek6chpqtemllri4svpaftnf3/56161274278.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc-israel.ru/upload/files/71182951896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d89f11f586---ligenibosinibibup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alrabbancapital.com/file/files/86137385416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=c%23+questions+for+10+years+experiencePDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ff97e53281062c8424b71debccf3769e/61625182586.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_off0000e5b1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE5B1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fdc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFDC3 18528 bytes
SHA-256: 69764f46392f78e0f6a5c2b59c07ca640a0a91a22f39ca9fa4fd4cfd9df2f686
font_02_sfnt_off00012d98.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D98 9104 bytes
SHA-256: fe4a9ad32d6d12da45ce8861a1e6e511df5579fd33367a5c4d1c9e774d301804