Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 96edf85592916d17…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.0 KB Created: 2021-09-15 09:16:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 6f3eb1666bea9674971073fb1c0e86bb SHA-1: 925a335eaaef9f7a5cb7c9c0b9f2b8f0163bce16 SHA-256: 96edf85592916d170028bfaa65701bb8c9d6a2a736ff4b481b2c4b994ae3bb40
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. The numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting suggest an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving exploitation or the delivery of a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 https://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=need+for+speed+underground+2+free+download+for+pc+windows+7 PDF link annotation
    • http://stoka-saarlouis.de/userfiles/file/9125967946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purpleleafestatebuyers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139061062b03---67245091732.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinariogiardinelli.it/userfiles/files/71940859245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://questyme.ca/userfiles/file/9602932332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://files.ibiza-ferien.de/file/sisitewudodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parkergeneralcontractors.net/userfiles/file/95035158055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fourfoods.com/images/files/robudiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ka1flgc99m8l0suu2deitu5qe3/2125851525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woonhuislift.info/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136820fbb951---nixidujevedozaxajil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dealershop.es/userfiles/file/17408793074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://calisnt.com/uploads/files/buwixemadegipakemir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48826594121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aade642bd348f58328cf6b3b828852dd/9309879967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duepassidalcentro.it/userfiles/files/82509719977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.artikel238.nl/emmwebbit/resources/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5420603308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161402e379f353---5906837967.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.popcaffe.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b5ae3469a42ea07943a49552d95c2249/xipubaro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ans5680.preneed91.com/upload/files/9380305754.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/vinenas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smelawservice.com/file_media/file_image/file/67870533633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9043941084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthanhtam.com/uploads/userfiles/file/27947851876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tinhhoaxanh.vn/userfiles/file/32983540904.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_off0000b61b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB61B 11032 bytes
SHA-256: 8161eb1e46a51c326fcad406e5eed57b58afa5192f6d257aa23ace32ef6bf313
font_01_sfnt_off0000cfd3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCFD3 15160 bytes
SHA-256: cbc1534413c701a6a2242b51d6da7151726822d67ed41e5c3a0fc9d1e1ceccb5
font_02_sfnt_off0000f5ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5EF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1

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