Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65d00119e9b503ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

98.8 KB Created: 2021-07-14 10:36:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a1171d830f12fa0dc8317b4a876185cf SHA-1: 115eed8564aca9cfc7456f981b3122498781ca97 SHA-256: 65d00119e9b503acaefab53f2b10ff64ffd557642fd2ddc8bc99aad9cb1f71da
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the ML classifier's high confidence score point towards malicious intent, likely involving the download or execution of a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9800

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 http://fullcolorspandoeken.nl/userfiles/file/55086419927.pdf
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gh26bu4aofpdbd9g4kafnoar74/6533091752.pdf
    • http://ipublicity.cz/data/file/64574423555.pdf
    • https://www.siemers-deutschmann.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7chfmarpo04ecomqka5obrs7a7/63756584134.pdf
    • http://faizleathergloves.com/userfiles/files/jebaxos.pdf
    • http://www.microsinusectomi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160847cefa8f71---mowagavoruvujo.pdf
    • https://extremetour74.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/894b483c41939bf44564ec659d1e664a/timavexekebazedu.pdf
    • http://qtjdb.com/UploadFile/2021/07/03/file/20210703_112727_112.pdf
    • http://hsiwww.com/image/files/20210702_193649.pdf
    • https://tiguan-wiki.ru/file/50235245958.pdf
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b683e0be50---sokaxodedibupebamovewij.pdf
    • https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b2119327406897e445427ad124ae250/gewadorukobew.pdf
    • https://celebicatering.com/upload/ckfinder/files/32609171781.pdf
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/daxewexotadobuwifofulomam.pdf
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e26d1a8d1---famom.pdf
    • https://shayangroup.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8904c175fc38682b28300be225f685d/tizaviv.pdf
    • https://www.dynasil.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9afbe390ce670c649a3a5ea3b0e14aa7/69059156738.pdf
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b555e7bae8202a7493c7d6e8281bd236/87353548845.pdf
    • http://bisenzia.it/userfiles/files/92436614237.pdf
    • https://yourtuscanyguide.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h97fmd1866udu91k80kmcfsvc6/44186712585.pdf
    • https://www.colegiodesafio.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc667e3eae---42575557015.pdf
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/83585981083.pdf
    • http://bilafafafa.com/shopadmin/upload/files/89789610212.pdf
    • http://rethabise.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607359108b1f7---2389583630.pdf
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb313c31a4e---xadimisaro.pdf
    • http://portalcom-b2b.es/img/user///file/_0446134001621898390.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=spa+operating+procedures+and+policies+manual
    • 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_off00011f8c.bin
473c2ecff69b250c1b9ac45b81f035e0b0d1c142d22220c9ee5e98b4938120b9
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11F8C 11032 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000138f0.bin
0305e0fffe65043a6085575a444ff3f26487bb248b224c40f60592f85b421d27
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138F0 17060 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001654d.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1654D 16792 bytes