Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5cda6d67a3a02338…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-04 03:21:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e4ee36c01a8d0161f86048833dc53857 SHA-1: c37d67888b05cbcb6ddf60be171744862b4d39db SHA-256: 5cda6d67a3a0233880c2e9407a9d8cd4dcc8e0df4a78be440e65df064a2ac50c
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting it's designed to host malicious content or redirect users. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic confirms the document's intent to trick users into calling a phone number, a common tactic in tech support scams and callback phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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 https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e2b6e0170626c0ecce9ddfd37b0eeb06/zaxusekesadisojemodunirof.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607bb86c4e4ea---59628794906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pechati-piter.ru/userfiles/file/tidawujijejofifufu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gilus6j7k0tp8008lj6hhlqgdh/47083394752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc1261be66f---83872947198.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucphamchucnangmy.vn/uploads/files/setumimuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a4dnuu7tsc3jfchfmvdlb81ejq/98725221029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://halvani.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b18978a060a---34299735262.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/fawapetozuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609eb451ee9ad---56114539580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--m1age8bh.xn--p1ai/files/file/tetidibedik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://regcureguide.com/files/files/9977007263.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildonhope.org/file/kukomipexevafewufimaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alrafeef.com/faisaliya/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/temoxibowefudesifijevuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sandzthabapanel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aab191d494f---bedesitevamiragux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkaganjil.com/contents/files/25453695057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfac.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zenulutorufew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladangmimpi.com/contents/files/jitisakenadavavulipusifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lightingandhvacexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6dc350fd1d3f859d82093f1051147808/7744021153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beganijewellers.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96648802236.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xlux.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04gqvbv1q6t40a6725hlvo5gr5/22982402852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://timjanen.se/anvandarbilder/53/files/9551427743.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b69dd61cd28d625080f2dac3f47c6a0f/5724876867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=garrett+turbocharger+repair+manualPDF 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_off0000ca9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA9B 17812 bytes
SHA-256: 75d55dbf32424589078fd495f758fa87be025f9005069d83983f98216cea131a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f90b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF90B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011122.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11122 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 019236c1da8a2d572eac466c48b57fa2ddee4d42ca829cb143678e3b068d15d7