Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65c0d0e9e1e5f711…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.3 KB Created: 2021-07-03 11:33:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 11599432242e95c750157dfdc3639927 SHA-1: 3df2b07dc98e653f5725af4b0b83a5363afc5665 SHA-256: 65c0d0e9e1e5f7112998d0a9998aa802297535d34e10ae600827c714d2f3e9cb
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV detecting it as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to numerous unknown URLs hosted on potentially compromised or disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to direct users to malicious content. The presence of invoice and callback lures further supports a phishing or scamming intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-29/20210429160827616942.pdf
    • http://drvision.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d35a86a9478---wisowevojulakefup.pdf
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjr8774p5ufvok3j8ubqdpda4a/52755357067.pdf
    • http://forter.vn/hinhanh/file/mikesorovixedodigo.pdf
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pp9lvkb26l67u08b13hupo99ec/razukuvizifudogivoseviran.pdf
    • https://fishboat.hr/files/lumofujajiti.pdf
    • https://afriqueitnews.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0e8487a4e6c8ca9c7f7db7360d1e83a/82282609293.pdf
    • https://aashianarealty.com/file/xufasesemolajasizizuf.pdf
    • https://afmiletisim.com/resimler/files/18597445069.pdf
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jdlnq3oq0jqjkh85rt9pfc2o0s/fekanula.pdf
    • http://rolmech-strzelno.pl/Upload/file/75932136875.pdf
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35644553709.pdf
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b683db52cf541b32cd1b0c5468db8ca/lomekazonumiguwelo.pdf
    • https://wineart.online/userfiles/file/vakewebegajo.pdf
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c28e36c02e67244789a1acdf061fc174/vefogatu.pdf
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/nupaxaru.pdf
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb96812abde---tisilinixikodu.pdf
    • https://newat.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6ebb643704757adbc873b4bed6532ef/8389601816.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c335358f5eb---bodixawe.pdf
    • https://avis-medical.ma/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/25dc229a06fccfa2028ca7a89fbac82e/92526289249.pdf
    • https://mygo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zupeduxeze.pdf
    • http://agt.es/files/galeria2/files/61013949230.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=vsangelcard+credit+card+payment
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfef.bin
cfb27f2383e8c5ab81f0898a7d804914fc99a41c83b0a617b1fe75444d0d9c04
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFEF 17420 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010db5.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB5 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000125cc.bin
a01c07ecc571bd84d80b91d382b54c8c877365f1d66409baa1d75059c89dcea6
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125CC 10820 bytes