Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a595be1d37a6ef0e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:12:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: abcb1cb35ae03437608f4ccaebd4622d SHA-1: 0b9c6d1e6b0c204a7a2722a2db3657839f3fbdf6 SHA-256: a595be1d37a6ef0ef1c047daff7c1facb0b268cc506b66a8656744b6bebc7738
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS uploads, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a callback phishing lure heuristic further suggests a scam or phishing attempt. ClamAV detection confirms the malicious nature of the file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://karaokejdi.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/sovugazuzarobuvebasiriw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/33370730359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/315c925e367e74890116ac68988cf096/83404567024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/83234920227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cffcommunications.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/16132f532c2b36---karowovorewamagupafapix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abbeytraining.net/userfiles/file/xilefepivip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://meesens.be/KrMee/Tekstverwerker/busidodabit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epwuae.com/userfiles/file/lusupiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinobajka.pl/Upload/file/791547311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://superpackeg.com/userfiles/file/tejurakonalotexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://memorybg.net/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3255131922.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khachsandomino.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/rusoxenax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://140.121.161.111/ckfinder/userfiles/files/getuzurefotubori.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://weiddy.com/uploads/files/202109131918378267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/43d12232c2da9ff1cee1fd3a7f08a087/58120172330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zabbeleecooking.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30779457937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gatewayhotelbangkok.com/upfile_hotel/files/82000269594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lightofislamonair.org/uploads/files/84761276152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lombardpruszkow.pl/local/userfiles/file/pinelizadatopedow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvuhieuchuan.com/upload/files/pikisakexafubobizar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uticachemical.com/files/upload/files/68337872600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dmkert.hu/files/file/87476117253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://es-umzuege-transporte.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7fe21800dc9ba07223bef6b0f2760b55/85268986907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://de-ko-gmbh.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51171620972.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=0365+admin+portalPDF 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_off0000e596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE596 17956 bytes
SHA-256: 683de01a350dae0be855d729d521409b1bb20772b7fd67961df508a38c845893
font_01_sfnt_off0001139c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1139C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012bb3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BB3 10752 bytes
SHA-256: dbd51b9045ff07096845750fd624bc7d24ffde4dd9f9f37750b017476f580aa8