Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 5e5c57a8a5a0c7b1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 20:26:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 2e0c36508f5fef9ac071cdc1f5277274 SHA-1: a9b5ac525e25d67da2ffe2deef7b7787d777ffdd SHA-256: 5e5c57a8a5a0c7b1cdb1f0ce50fba1f912ffe7e6047d17f0e49c1fe34ce27370
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting sites, indicating an attempt to deliver a malicious payload or redirect users to a phishing site. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's content is designed to trick users into calling a fraudulent support number, a common tactic in tech-support scams and callback phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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 https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/80022093254.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aapltd.net/userfiles/file/wesogepulerojugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.coverseg.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/zeweziriladokawoxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinicaveterinariailmarzocco.it/userfiles/files/27320072804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/89001116756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldapa.eus/files/galeria/files/95565152681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cesnek-vysocina.cz/UserFiles/File/95342844862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e0ce5b5fd5---66365378125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cascinamana.it/userfiles/file/2752429958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soles2walk.cz/data/file/78695035351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parejalecaros.com/adjunto/upload/fck/files/49100973861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycondo.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/64494620089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiangmai-clean.com/user_img/files/11455882651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://proficlim.ru/public/userfiles/file/61390086843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mq-water.net/upload/vofelefabagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erex.hu/upload/file/97422895250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://corpus.bg/files/fck/file/rekolizoruletusivifugip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sweed-trans.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/81063866158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jujucuisine.com/userfiles/file/gefudabelatipegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline2.com/contents/files/27832644757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144594288e2e---zexona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.harnoordesigns.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7d34a6b095e8f39bb71ddf6e0f84d11/61079860399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://technestudio.eu/userfiles/files/65103984315.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drrajanmahtani.com/userfiles/files/1934240542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.peeryhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bca90a55ab6737b17c75115727eed0da/5292156834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=simulation+mod+gamesPDF 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_off0000e4cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4CF 10664 bytes
SHA-256: bbe2258a47ff45a7854cb180ad0ce4046f09970ec11734575907319135933113
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF1 16468 bytes
SHA-256: 604070a4c0b58a9548c5594228521521c5188c3218302be4d6549c747ea63436
font_02_sfnt_off0001278d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1278D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1