Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac54150758d3f0fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-09-23 05:54:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 890d2739d6f447f0aa78033fa323b3eb SHA-1: cefc12e26ddf775719cda5d6840c588d94a7946a SHA-256: ac54150758d3f0fcbfc7f4529fdf564e57893880ac43d220db2a02e72bc3275f
192 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting. The presence of a download button lure and callback phishing indicators suggests a malicious workflow aimed at tricking users into downloading further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://drafthe.ru/uplcv?utm_term=fnaf+security+breach+apk+free+download PDF link annotation
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614114889d1dc---87121235351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.specemc.ru/upload/files/61515348612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://milsagliksen.org/upload/ckfinder/files/topimalawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evergreendentistryva.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32074933377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przygodanaukrainie.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39717413986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://millinerandassoc.com/files/file/sexakadavumukidasonari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eskuvoiiranytu.hu/blog/file/jiroxizamogudava.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130367fdb327---31742037018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/tiribudevijodusab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obkladacstvikolar.com/content/rexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abaj.cz/UserFiles/File/zogonegub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecolservizinettuno.com/userfiles/files/87646824222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e63ce4e2f1---wezarijadozaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jingyilin.org/uploads/file/33816923798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.itbaloch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614900c392219---65545646074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.audifonosdoshoydos.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130147324b07---wudofukodanulaful.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwmechanicsville.com/uploads/files/38365378442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenline.bg/userfiles/file/wusekovigujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colline-eternelle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zozasujikeda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braviengenharia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hki48ok0naceo8me0s1bl4p5cc/xofexesasokujafidipaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web-news.eu/www/pkpar/userfiles/file/22993038312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/in38pdkgnqvk96vtps5a6cieaf/97503214634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://techielingo.com/fck_uploads/files/tujipefuzojimolifo.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_off0000e3a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3A8 20108 bytes
SHA-256: f8de5d60f109e90756b212ea6484a18fc36179310a02f0a8a2ce694bb374fa35
font_01_sfnt_off000118b5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118B5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000130cc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x130CC 11228 bytes
SHA-256: 4f3711f1a186fcd7c5f6cb7c083b10867ac6032c5e4423116e941ae417d2bd43