Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 59006559646ffd8b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-10-08 21:36:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-02
MD5: 0969ebaf85f131e399f55205e8f9ff91 SHA-1: 1b08f6f8c61954b57ccb4226d9831926983cb5a4 SHA-256: 59006559646ffd8b8364214a2d5ed14323a809d9a5db47c666f004f72e1e23fb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple external URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' suggests a phishing or tech-support scam pretext, aiming to trick users into interacting with the provided links or potentially calling a fraudulent number.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://allytemp.ru/uplcv?utm_term=spring+quiz+questions+and+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://the100voicesofgospel.de/fichiers/newsletter/file/2890567334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juniorclublivorno.com/sitonews/images_upload/files/95157663762.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pericosrentcar.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1615ac17633bda---wowinesoxumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16154379ada686---56131818744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhomeshaiphong.net/app/webroot/img/files/wudotodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de-ko-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zeboronopowapewesusuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce31e82cd6087b8761ee8c57c49e6935/dijesukoladedepeposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nguyenvanhuongloc.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/34889255417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srtprogetti.eu/userfiles/files/47215679852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digitaluzaktanegitim.com/calisma2/files/uploads/23302222387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144457ea03c8---92167169571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.phuketvillarentalandservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/naralawep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://debo-fit.be/userfiles/file///nidetevanenuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavcam.com/upload/ckfinder/files/ximelojufijokezaxelero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dom-2000.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wokebedupezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cecev.com/stockages/files/58748702682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.traitagri-solutions-alternatives.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lodipajaguxipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bibonatura.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tifupevorimitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tischtennis-kiel.de/images/file/25004350335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://reparation-mobile.net/userfiles/file/23503306482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tumakuruvoice.com/tumkurvoice/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61281447918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inannamsao.com/uploads/files/42853048892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montazenabytkupraha.cz/files/file/fagowixode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hinkler.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/29196375336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://777mto.com/contents/files/berewewidulate.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_off0000de29.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE29 20392 bytes
SHA-256: 12935fe59da38747f9eabb2efe0452f0a402f7e0b0328e78166a436395269714
font_01_sfnt_off000112d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012aea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AEA 10988 bytes
SHA-256: c2b7c71805cc6937c13fb0943883d507ce292fe4a90f7341383de1ba361711cf