Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 98ae951014bba6a8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-09 00:14:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 354dae0c8a3307fafe80e6ed72b9ae1f SHA-1: ef7a9f8de6d42b34d1bcdb487ddbb857b2200c60 SHA-256: 98ae951014bba6a8440e413aaee77f9e3d18b646c64e37fe0a05c4378431c15b
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a ML classifier and ClamAV detection. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to trick users into calling a phone number, a common tactic in phishing and tech-support scams. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of external URLs, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggests a multi-stage attack. The primary goal appears to be social engineering through a callback lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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 https://wedding-photos.cz/userfiles/file/930317986.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ambulatorioveterinariovianello.eu/userfiles/files/wopakuwir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suvagcentr.ru/userfiles/files/74720877118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blossomtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210902_07070F9B374AFFC9.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134ecb612654---82391181343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lecormier-menuiserie.com/www/upload/files/82444133380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metallpress.ru/files/gobewavelubebasip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613033af29464---50783818794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k7ed66ucnhe2vn0u3l2d2990u1/1363494846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinyudachem.com/upload/files/8253156251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser123.com/geektic/files/33884239551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qataminational.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/sapaluviposu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://augustaelectricalwork.com/editorData/file/lunofogojiboluzujiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happycondo.leaddeehub.com/userfiles/files/44862245811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sutinlawkrabi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84757235854.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jxlmedu.com/file/files/20210901_230312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahzycw.com/upload_fck/file/2021-9-7/20210907210405605142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/litntodhglfmtk8rt5kkg9ubur/23268427037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artistaone.co/userfiles/files/sopezadewotigarudopubaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/fezomefasibexolidageso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vasset.bg/userfiles/file/2452819705.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wasserentkalkung.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1996406824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zaluziemalina.cz/userfiles/file/2388693688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=parking+enforcement+hoursPDF 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_off0000d948.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD948 10932 bytes
SHA-256: 84ec6303d247c4902e95fdf0e83143a15e45fcd32bd8f9faab8517e8c428961a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f27a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF27A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A8C 17876 bytes
SHA-256: d29f30e8f0b5cdb85ada19f94556609e5be4dec10a9fe6350215a4d0d3da07c0