Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac25cef2d962e81d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.4 KB Created: 2021-08-23 14:10:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 1dcb3ccdbe9f591d7aa8adea8fe17fab SHA-1: 1b20920b8ba8f01243a9fe92d6bc8c264ca12dce SHA-256: ac25cef2d962e81d3a1b3bbe0cd963ee7214798824ed1639bbb5cdb80c69b2e8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to various compromised WordPress sites, indicating it's designed to host malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick the user into calling a fraudulent phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams and callback phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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://minhvuongthuphap.com/upload/ck/files/lemubedoxapelusulefi.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://law.myvzl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70roodrlfq7l6h56tqau3j7o9f/tilejifamin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tlpnw.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f839c1464835fed156bd1ece9ecf8c41/43030385928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e1062a814b---99754037689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serextion2006.com/js/upload/files/16395435329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/monukikuseni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/64741239149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noddy.nu/images/file/golugonitari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alpha-dynamics.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609484aa69f06---puvunezofoxiwegaxelivoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a5195bc312---33152491304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/73280618130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tif.cn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cj6132n8v0pbou6fp4n22pcboj/44419003834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioassociatoemc.com/userfiles/files/32735222887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160863f204c0dd---jejijovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/jivuwabememokagudunapagut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verkoop-je-wagen.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a021081bb4d---49389272507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://babyindex.nl/images/uploads/7413036237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/balimudefis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vinatech.com/userfiles/file/57930531242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160beed8c921a6---tozezovemaloworivabunago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baohohoanglong.com/userfiles/file/19291626185.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mamproducciones.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec9d3abdb8b---88816064152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db080c8f6a58d7ab525876b3e2eee69b/82018007282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rpitrade.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadotadasozaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=c%23+linq+order+by+multiple+columnsPDF 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_off0000e40a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE40A 17188 bytes
SHA-256: 7d5cbffea4651d556747f223c50cc8c6a23616ab45157187eb5c51c470f66b1c
font_01_sfnt_off00011117.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11117 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001292d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1292D 9104 bytes
SHA-256: fe4a9ad32d6d12da45ce8861a1e6e511df5579fd33367a5c4d1c9e774d301804