Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5310d8371ca6b992…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-08-01 03:46:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 9601db8327fd7ba8ecb6f9767f062571 SHA-1: 06014b0a0345b5209ff3d68432a55086adbdab72 SHA-256: 5310d8371ca6b9923e4ae18d142bd9fa41301081f006dde0d96bf7dfc7607218
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically identified as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm and a callback lure, prompting users to call a phone number for fake support or billing issues. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns suggest it is designed to exploit user trust for financial gain or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9994

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://resulgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/84647984319.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h8suf5knqfso893v3126uhtgc0/4765611086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weilaimachinery.com/userfiles/files/jalosenoliki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haps.company/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qs3du6863l28vf0l36pav3kvv4/64937915155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16e6532fc5095c879fe065c199b37826/41629449726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nestsearch.in/admin/uploads/file/80349399712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpisiluman.com/contents//files/lugoseligomuri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/17568083520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwish-cosmetics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160809ab50102a---84833490401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/700eef0298e769a12690cf00ed5c0492/mufeponubilonivosimikut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marblobaths.ph/app/webroot/img/files/6837755238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba04cc909e2---53764209674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nicemexico.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dba437c3ec---11800818568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smithmurdock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610037abd6efe---tejatekujujopenipujazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/lumuwosigisisigejet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://demetraproject.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puxuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://masterpieces-mallorca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6413b53aecfeed5f0b2396e80ce8ed52/pubazadivepopamifasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yarsan.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a969a371bd4a898322ba843ab3fe1390/jixuzubavefedowuguwabomag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fdceta02.fr/catalogue_dynamique/file/falorovajeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609657423a811---sojizuwudowuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.qookspot.kitchen/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11fd0c2dd7---fewewizuwuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gradeagroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afefv3ltmitqu2lib30vt0hcbh/balapakixuxogekudelas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+silence+frigidaire+microwavePDF 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_off0000d32e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD32E 16644 bytes
SHA-256: 26c56e688208def477fcc34d494c6aa77e79b875520d12a20a77d713d820eaea
font_01_sfnt_off0000fea5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFEA5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000116bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116BC 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 212cc67d6397d3d55161891bd1cc5f66d3309d13879dc47702b13ebc87ab7a0e