Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 952f44cc0118f49b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-09-19 04:57:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 1642b3f6b79635277966e1348e598b4b SHA-1: e8c42e663344384bb3314e81842b1fdcead4b7d9 SHA-256: 952f44cc0118f49b7a78e926f07812a4768882bc4c47b3e3131fbf5390e381f5
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDF files hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a phishing or scam attempt. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document is designed to trick the user into calling a fraudulent number for support or billing issues. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9807

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 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://burningspearmarketplace.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nijomegudibaxenokob.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://eikenhorstgroep.nl/userfiles/file/dikokuxewepopuwaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pepinieres-gey.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tagovovebogonudibokizemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://volkshilfe-vlbg.at/images/content/files/gavuxufiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myflora888.com/ck_files/files/35482971512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantacyhandicraft.com/userfiles/file/67325363370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chip-chup.hu/upload/file/negofujofukekojopokuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humansharehouse.com/userData/board/file/wotarerikasokibuzuno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80adib9cjd8a5e.xn--p1ai/i/upload/files/denafuvomubogozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jagodkaprzedszkole.pl/userfiles/file/39660324593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fisioterapiasuzzara.it/userfiles/files/degibojigevatelozofapeduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://matricula.arendic.cl/files/bixurinedosabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datxeninhbinh.com/data/dulieu/files/33114653465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.by/userfiles/files/5210987169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.appsolutely.sg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c76c84a348---61227587496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikuma-car.com/js/upload/files/24969434347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----itbbfrdrdbd4bgy6gi.xn--p1ai/webroot/files/files/52255096535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ercrs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sljcnnpuf94c3alf93seil19vg/23313449739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://healthlantern.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xexuwilotuzegexorepumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouwbedrijfansing.nl/userfiles/file/10471116930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/domuziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barrarioservicos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613366214273a---1496624655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olterus.net/contents/files/18205739284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tranindo.com/Uploads/userfiles/files/motamuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gujaratisamajparis.org/upload/files/77846439595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinadesigndanang.vn/uploads/image/files/kujuxurapivuzuluzajajux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=idle+supermarket+mod+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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ce9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE9B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000e6ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE6AC 16132 bytes
SHA-256: 071bac7a3a90310621307d68123817e30fba7c89f9e5021c4391eb43bd8b9137
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc1f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC1F 23376 bytes
SHA-256: 51cb16ee701c09c76d327cf0589065504fc8ef34d406349bd44dec02c2f7ecae
font_03_sfnt_off000134b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134B6 10500 bytes
SHA-256: 31155741ad7e1d71f02979e58ea60851e9cc4078cb79f2435eb411dd0a5835d2