Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 6bade915b8d5803b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.4 KB Created: 2021-08-22 03:48:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-24
MD5: 13bf1974f12a7712e34713c7461e10e0 SHA-1: 2a4cbe1510ec674b2c31eab01b9b6405506015cf SHA-256: 6bade915b8d5803b10863b737deb671a53f2718263ee4f9c439bd097905f7771
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The presence of numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites and link farms suggests a phishing or scam attempt. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic specifically indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in tech support scams or fraudulent billing schemes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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 https://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=9.s%C4%B1n%C4%B1f+temel+muhasebe+kitab%C4%B1+pdf+indir PDF link annotation
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/822278768609bb5a2968ac.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nam.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610993463babc---73025081073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ricarda-allegra.de/userfiles/file/bosuzijuvipi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amctop.com/board_data/editor_img/file/202105161457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/begubetijud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6cabbe51de---87264162994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://busankid.com/webfiles/board/file///virodadivim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fnb-concepts.com/images/uploads/files/69678183099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncsccalgary.com/userfiles/files/64962454542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.officinadelgustoroma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa5c17b0230cb5946771aa859fe92c8e/89965197307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dental-forum.ru/userfiles/file/35541288850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/39a9bdf4de10e42b626c9cb12acae6bc/jogelatobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autowassenindex.nl/images/uploads/49409190964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ef0808663dea8212db7521bf830e3bec/mamukijodasalizog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ibb-online.ru/f/file/62568948926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hps-gruppe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2mn079knf5nrd2vo2iakusjn7i/nifokebatotevomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b07fab58d2a---75824644695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31319522281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argol-editions.fr/userfiles/file/84632164747.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomhypnosisnyc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/773be365e64207351e3c080c3d78bc17/vuviginumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thoitrangvabaoho.com/Images_upload/files/lokajijulevevidob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08768c8e3211fca307116bb319d81ff5/goxiragixupado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bharatdarshan.net/rgroup/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59348600502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f32f53b447---zimilasevawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domosplast.hu/files/file/nuvujetelenefefawew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be6224d7e11348cbc78cfdec6afb9003/kinexirumidonukutuwaladod.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_off0001331e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1331E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00014b30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B30 19600 bytes
SHA-256: f8315c04e9b95ed4b002e25824c45fc9ff098941aa856d00f9e57a469150a986
font_02_sfnt_off00017a7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17A7B 11156 bytes
SHA-256: d59a351fdbbd6438eeddd36ae55a57f5be826b18c67e95393ec89c698f25fb46