Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b6fd77c5cd3e06dc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.4 KB Created: 2021-09-01 01:44:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: bce67de6fa1918e0840cda5d95d79139 SHA-1: 5b6b188c1c2a66a10964ca691a230456c7b8093c SHA-256: b6fd77c5cd3e06dcfb39147bd8a029b9d858fe9618ceaf18062d46914cacc6e4
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing campaign, specifically employing a callback lure to deceive users into contacting fraudulent support or billing services. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting further supports its malicious intent. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate this file is malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jemomatakemipubegaluk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.asejnrtigers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8b917a304d---5400931539.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021051013113973499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://portsidestrategies.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/282c3180f2419ca5b92cd8b14af03295/25253399373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://raunlarose.us/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1dfe4cbed3---85472148582.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a446cc23c4c---surolalofiwunibipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://travelport.pl/userfiles//file/15758231049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olboihorgaszto.hu/editor_up2/bowekojesafutoxofewime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorestagno.eu/userfiles/files/82491932227.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audiomaster.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607410f337017---mewenagofibuzojib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indianspringhomes.com/userfiles/files/17086283675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cogersquest.com/clients/f/f6/f6194b381802d71b6842d6160e8859b1/File/berobevufituzabanozuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yidinfo.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sofpp5jhdtsiuqk1d6ujh6mt30/63324133551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daynexweb.com/upload/ckfinder/files/18756359235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://douzonebnf.com/upload/file///rixurifiseju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lauricedale.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072ddbf89f13---82460460537.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://botanicgardenscafe.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d96904f7b5---vegolulosomepogun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woykoff.hu/upload/file/99097213517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097f5302dda4---98087022440.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7d1c320178---narulojopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bucatariizidite.ro/printuri-fi/files/22072986620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/kademofalojujezuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://standdominica.org/files/files/90932757773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=goats+for+sale+near+my+locationPDF 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_off00010050.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10050 10652 bytes
SHA-256: e4d007cbbc69ffa28f829997bd56764a5cb7a95389e1f434d7f7cda6935d1639
font_01_sfnt_off000118c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C3 17840 bytes
SHA-256: 954cb99c9474df3845822864859b156c8866a88ef63ba8a2fa0ebbfcc9259d1c
font_02_sfnt_off0001477c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1477C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1