Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bec516e4ec3db0e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-07-16 02:22:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 886df222b9873bbeef84828e25557164 SHA-1: d1ddce8303b11b6e8bac0db75284967eda6a4f32 SHA-256: bec516e4ec3db0e137af2654b959d054974071c02188800a92f99c9afdd83318
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to host malicious content or redirect users. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely contains a phone number to trick users into calling for fake support or billing issues, a common tactic in phishing and tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 https://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=signal+butte+animal+hospital
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/jupupa.pdf
    • http://www.optionassurance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab27d18587e---jamow.pdf
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/lararedeg.pdf
    • http://altaprecision.com/userfiles/file/gigedumixebu.pdf
    • http://willbramephotography.com/gegutelolel.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/337f165101283a052b0129608cac707b/77805872023.pdf
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b3fcdf5cdaa---lewubeso.pdf
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e97f3d8d434f14038b1ff24f3025787d/375986538.pdf
    • https://corghialberti.it/file/51412068831.pdf
    • http://tanabuauto.com/js/upload/files/redaw.pdf
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/nebawadefixuzif.pdf
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/071fdf4ec211c5c868cebe0dbd5a1db4/mobagajoxutel.pdf
    • http://al-bandak.com/userfiles/file/7923589105.pdf
    • https://regenerativetherapyforpain.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7585834fa032f63f6b96931daaca1747/45000659942.pdf
    • https://chamsocmuihong.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2conl6c7jkklqsa1hps76lsea6/44510398467.pdf
    • http://tischlerei-schlusche.de/sites/default/files/file/32045029436.pdf
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/44853344449.pdf
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/88641600718.pdf
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/sipaxufoma.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000db10.bin
8d716a691f5aa26fa5b92076e408c222f9190531bc89d0943f5cca3e3653f917
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB10 10912 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f3e6.bin
1767432610b764c88005fbbfbd42e9b33f13f810a00254417b1a363e21c47c72
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3E6 17532 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012210.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12210 16792 bytes