Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4a08b1d4280b4171…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.5 KB Created: 2021-09-26 02:33:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 2fa4c6c82c95a86b3ff85c57a8a5c676 SHA-1: 35da43781ca033339f96e8943f604b9822c97e64 SHA-256: 4a08b1d4280b4171406cc114289d0aac5f879c9ff2f5f20a7bc0c8252dcecba4
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' indicates the document likely attempts to trick the user into calling a phone number, consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://kwiatmetal.pl/userfiles/file/29370255396.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://duancanhotot.com/upload/files/lajozotepimemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bright-inter.com/file_media/file_image/file/tuwusil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/sexozefoxakisate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140b0f69db69---71732737694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lexus-custom.com/js/upload/files/56971759546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dukra.sk/editor_uploads/files/zomitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liavanhaeringen.nl/userfiles/files/57221410023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiospazioambiente.it/userfiles/files/lafisimuvoratizilepurujix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ahcjevtqq.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90904001124.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://m-camper.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/98150466872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suativisamsungtaihanoi.net/upload/files/xobaveri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://highfieldhousehotel.net/nbloom/fckuploads/file/xexedapodipelutopubo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagiez.de/userfiles/file/razixotifiximejurunotinos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://covina.crazyrockinsushi.com/uploads/files/29472703154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ryokanclub.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210908_90F07BD30604C957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2rent.gr/userfiles/file/vazuxazarubixupuzowaxoziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kabaretyimpresariat.pl/Upload/file/menalidutarepuvunagen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161381cc0bebca---xubizebazibawomisowugemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dakmoto.cz/obrazky/file/33050426664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137078592fb0---xukanubop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equalland.com/uploads/File/fiwemudomukezuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aybar-gallery.com/userfiles/files/zifetobabugisubagizebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=anime+phone+live+wallpaperPDF 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_off0000b1cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1CC 17028 bytes
SHA-256: 3f0650c77d428d974c3ab01ce9f7b556a3f786f565cfab82011eb6fcd329f931
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd69.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD69 10384 bytes
SHA-256: 9a54718076164bcc93b8ee7c48f8766e6cde516082a7e50e1dc0cc94bc2bc411
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4AC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1