Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2eefd2ab94c8fabc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-11 04:55:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 78ac859474abe69ed278d75c3a2157f3 SHA-1: 0a705adb46a6b4b871f24f0c6bd803d718c2f804 SHA-256: 2eefd2ab94c8fabc55fb5d84a1bd074044572a2cf58c517a47eb866c85f84940
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV, indicating malicious intent. It contains a link farm pointing to various domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing or tech-support scam pattern, aiming to trick users into interacting with the embedded links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://www.blackandwhite-salon.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/95389974930.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tamtrebinhminh.com/public/files/vujidobalazulisesewosag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://etonbio.com/newsLetters/images/file/57609793546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shiokuda2.com/contents/files/zaridowisepovetegadunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/855db5c421851769c0acec1f11db4fe1/jixotisazaxuvigexuvuwota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://holcom-solar.com/webroot/img/files/bonowilevozixanevekexiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salon-urody-bellis.pl/images/file/tobet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://madmojo.com/fckupload/file/88844369611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vers-ma.de/userfiles/file/vugokemutanolopafunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sikanderajam.com/Robinson/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gakepopowakefeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb7751b3d70884d64674fc68a132404a/18359691116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://importfoodfair.com/userfiles/image/2021/09/file/tubaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://5of7edwardstreet.com/assets/media/files/95509946251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613270d8a741e---lewojoreruf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiemtoandongnghi.com/public/plugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70643614382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hrudolf.com/userfiles/79698671886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/46280357365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jianianhuayule.a9188.com/upload_files/art_files/files/20210910_221105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56bdrb2so0mjtjbl6sq7s09j6i/nejijutotunof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suruburi.net/mm/file/71043671257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salman-group.com/userfiles/file/rujim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://witnesstherealist.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9c02b0eea720c0129d172e516a595a3f/nefuwibedusewaxuseras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hunting.kg/userfiles/file/nelupomusexerarojebinagup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://strandedtattoo.com/file/zurifaxurepasozinevixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+root+any+androidPDF 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_off0000dce9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCE9 10088 bytes
SHA-256: 4e509ed201b110125b1bc51716ac377405a37777eb8460451568d40d24c13115
font_01_sfnt_off0000f37f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF37F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010b91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B91 18404 bytes
SHA-256: 6549044f3ce8df64037db115473d5c2564c4cecfe0c33e7367d507241927e7ef