Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 618ae38ef13a9aa3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 16:44:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 2a260e60f0d2a959b2f65ff026f03e8d SHA-1: 9c80ce1f21cb539c2cd2d55509074944ea501cfe SHA-256: 618ae38ef13a9aa32a66824730e30f40bbf47af6348e8eca410c2e4f628d335e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, directing users to various compromised or disposable hosting sites, and specifically includes a callback phishing lure. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or initiate a fraudulent interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://enewind.com/pliki/file/49513252685.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/884f397eca147ddc07af7567fa1b3798/66584040945.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terredellamagnagrecia.com/userfiles/files/rosokukekelimigilopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nieruchomosciklodzko.pl/files/file/pegifamowadip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ijestr.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tidakumemuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://2-view.org/home/view/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/livoviwigokoboximomokil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kidsjeodo.com/images/files/sexinajunewasuvozox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c1eb526d9---43564500220.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.niceresidence.net/image/upload/File/filewotamesob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nvsrolko.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vimofiwujigesematobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/92043870964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazeo.nl/userfiles/file/11739763757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chinhsuasolieu.com/media/files/diwixemomibafasozuvotuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613db816d41c0---bobumage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amoslodge10-org.alljobsinliberia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64964149118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b11kh5l.com/ckupload/files/tutesulesepaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.karenlovelee.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134caf312e26---39321621775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brodart01.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15educ1u5thl8q47e0avbmd6qo/82142314758.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnadaoil.com/userfiles/file/64624185287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sokolzgierz.pl/web/uploads/files/noborunuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/78851952297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flairpens.ru/uploads/file/xemofabarawipowijakapavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ijfbn.com/editor_up/zodakow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=android+phone+to+macbookPDF link annotation
    • https://mediaget.com/userfiles/files/25297199295.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_off0000e727.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE727 10776 bytes
SHA-256: 87dea54fa247f4da786a6989c813f1ccece90d6649616fb77b685e1d2df132d8
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff8a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF8A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001179c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1179C 17684 bytes
SHA-256: ea966db5ad5a1af88cfd2525926d7b7c998f759b9b4bafdfa01b96dc128e9162