Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 65e7e52f3f42acc4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.2 KB Created: 2021-09-12 09:57:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: 9199692eca2f22d33b0aad5583b85f3d SHA-1: 561a581741bb5ba6100e16605ca9c98a5e3d685a SHA-256: 65e7e52f3f42acc4c35b858cc77dd0f6f7b31988d8475465e34a761a3f1a9a62
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is part of a link farm designed to host malicious content, with one high-severity heuristic pointing to a PDF hosted on a compromised WordPress site. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests a callback phishing or tech-support scam, where the user is prompted to call a phone number. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://rayocazar.com/images/elfinder-1.1/files/file/26905879370.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://latgalesamatnieki.lv/files/file/31018877168.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lanaecoloridabruzzo.it/userfiles/file/80368568694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miyagi.chi-kara.net/Upload/files/50519062569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21294418718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotografoenricogiampieri.it/userfiles/files/nisuzovunolibowawufar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sailstudy.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vuzugejagawunebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arichaindia.com/userfiles/file/13402026896.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26926714864.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/626d31be5f33b7abfaa4712d954a683d/jezededenuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ae54a984a7---tifegope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4els.ru/uploads/images/files/55186497996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroshima-teishaku.com/userfiles/file/mobavufesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kigimex.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xoserilipasikadoraravo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lasallelille.com/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mepitunatunelakaseta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/91666397744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pb187rbo58qm8fgtvmgbghafj2/motalevixipubigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://okud-istra.hr/userfiles/file/13320289436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gnatowski.pl/attachments/file/dulogibevokobudulujiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fincasotilloviejo.es/files/sotillo/_repo/file/buluzaraxabinikifisezizex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://venkateshservices.com/uploads/domowijefagegimitudoporu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rify.us/cms-uploads/files/42244050092.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hospedeagora.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nb5oucjb9tj7dtrf1dpgrtj6pe/62921272620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stomatoloska-ordinacija-rijeka.com/files/53700463669.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=lucky+patcher+cocPDF 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_off0000b51e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB51E 10324 bytes
SHA-256: cdc8f6d4e84984c4b8805dbc48cfa5ce25b444e699d84bcc38bc55a540e39665
font_01_sfnt_off0000cca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCCA4 15300 bytes
SHA-256: acc5156350eebd7e3c1bd1ed5e7d54fe3e8669ac05870ff49e34fd83c51b7fa2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f33c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF33C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1