Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 47da9e48c3b4b59c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.6 KB Created: 2021-09-15 14:01:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: bfa4aa45871650f9b1c277ae572edc6c SHA-1: 2eed541ba82737295414dc26ff8e6f1cec9f35fe SHA-256: 47da9e48c3b4b59c1d71c15691e2f8585a679aef1bcdc46ad28cdd97abf74d07
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, indicative of a phishing or scam attempt. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic specifically flags the document's intent to trick users into calling a provided phone number for fraudulent purposes. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • 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://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26676445975.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sbawerribee.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140ea13586da---litefezejulezemamejinari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mail-business.ru/uploads/file/pawur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161305c314dd46---nosugejarilov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.msjcongregation.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/funafutilela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hsdinstruments.nl/uploads/files/15483182401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zoomkish.com/basefile/zoomkishcom/files/47504557947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debandhelder.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43036169767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mygamedaysports.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39206cd0fa57a1231b785ee15ab6b25f/52866478953.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edukoc.net/userData/ebizro_board/file/tewapadezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinyezi.cn/upload/16804957281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mylodge-naoshima.com/39702877798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ulsantour.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210912_F86CC3DDD805D647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2cexpressdemo.com/userfiles/file/fugikovu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apvn.info/userfiles/file/siguxesanusowumenejuraxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coconut.hu/userfiles/file/rupakavisudefotelowox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stluciachamber.org/uploadedImages/contentImg/file/30303517529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cokhihoaiduc.com/uploads/files/43451703355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://esz.jp/img/editor/files/61394624112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77718014031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e5tr4oc01upqiahbdvapjcnfva/34739416586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ea7c990157---51443228446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usagimatur.com/files/others/8120379918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webkapper.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxopabukiziguna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/rutoporolejefeboj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=spek+advan+vandroid+s5ePDF 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_off0000d6f8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD6F8 17300 bytes
SHA-256: 3e2d6c614b9273015ed930d908abd093c529c8fd9e0a8f10b245f427a82f93ae
font_01_sfnt_off0001040c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1040C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011c23.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C23 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 6bfab2e91ccc5fd24e5a302adefc0b3868b544fae8db5ece39564e41bd785a40