Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 93054ce3fbf02460…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-24 08:14:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: d8546d393eedae8c1d3f18852d91254f SHA-1: 74ac5e9f6988bcac261136fadaf47d1b28e92342 SHA-256: 93054ce3fbf02460e3a9a262e3269b9e21f6ae6bbf5f28e84a3f44011e26b38f
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external links, many hosted on disposable domains, indicative of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML flagging strongly suggests malicious intent, likely related to phishing or a scam, as supported by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://thenext.pk/userfiles/files/52586685129.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fskyok.com/uploadfile/files/fexaxavaxovevoravupevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.buildonhope.org/file/42430681410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consol.hu/images/uploadedimages/file/3643496505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vsk5rlmm63g6pg0d45p2hvagt8/dosetuvuzo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrator4you.cz/UserFiles/File/21973088882.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluestandard.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19811528692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yotlist.com/uniformkontakt/userfiles/image/files/65697707329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16149596ceea8c---xexewakor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hram-uspeniya.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38854047810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portecitadelle.portecitadelle.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/safuvadifad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161325618bacbe---rifijis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/bapafilebulakupofivavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4chan.ro/UserFiles/file/48823317417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d6adc63b6f3869c1c725d88dfd86cc7c/67181351642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijuvusosed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gaestehaus-am-erlkoenig.de/img/editor/file/kulepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bosgo.mn/uploads/files/runag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dydlhx.com/upfiles/file///fiwenelimusoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614cf7daa425b---24835647138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ufolep-69.com/contenus/files/56427493938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://albizy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59300082767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vroa.pl/chplusfiles/file/lenineditalaniwega.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqcorth.specialty-match.com/upload/files/18659726960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/49795203346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=appium+demo+apkPDF 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_off0000d775.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD775 10212 bytes
SHA-256: f1677f033d05b0b31f55485b6091493ed1bd4bf7ecea8c699a473658e15f846a
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee57.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE57 19352 bytes
SHA-256: ea7cdea686c0fb5a76618da6e6ee01269a7b179cfee0bbac754d27c41b2e6b66
font_02_sfnt_off000120f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1