Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c025784911fd754d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-23 23:04:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: ff118b65441b37b89c6c4a83e49bef36 SHA-1: aa6f82d859695384dd3540fba4a8b029d3a496fb SHA-256: c025784911fd754dfe87626110a94f51cfc26cb6224af2960a2a57ca55a529c8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URLs, some hosted on compromised WordPress sites. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely attempts to trick the user into calling a phone number for fraudulent purposes. The embedded JavaScript suggests an attempt to execute malicious code, potentially to download further payloads or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=iphone+showing+lte+but+no+internet PDF link annotation
    • http://bassonconsulting.mc/userfiles/file/rezugove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://palakkadtourism.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimobagadanedu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a583b817e---39224257413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614be4243f7a5---45068871611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macintosh-szerviz-javitas.nuttydog.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ranoladonedodoremoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapempi.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17892574149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carnow.jp/js/upload/files/lemogusiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104450wp19.agentcentrum.com/userfiles/files/55931960692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aceonlinementors.com/userfiles/file/juleza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erainbowrealty.com/userfiles/file/piluxukipibenoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shethof.ch/cgi-bin/dynamisch/file/90824598713.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kondicionery-pushkino.ru/upload_picture/file/97227199586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fuhua.tumujike.com/assets/upload/files/202109140257278360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.isgs.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0f93b40c479def7e88ea67a5a5cbdd6/15760872822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bahamianbrewery.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95934884126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ccs-corporation.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66324992469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ktmcollege.org/public_html/userfiles/file/zidokubav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161494c68e44f8---33398379663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aroma-es.red/yamituki-n/uploads/files/bubalifefadelopon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://posaonakosovu.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lowimagugulonitaxebopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zenithoverseas.com/assets/userfiles/files/22999288749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/73300120340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://spzpoz-zdunskawola.pl/upload/file/pajilemibosoraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalbando.com/DATA/upload/files/202109010506537779.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_off0000df16.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF16 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 9702e72cdbd53e300efaa7f1a994ce57ce0bd0f248e2867d99654a9b8a8dc0ea
font_01_sfnt_off0000f73c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF73C 18472 bytes
SHA-256: ef2e995d92fec7c0b5805eedca567617c4159e7bc524f7c040f0c7a8187867c5
font_02_sfnt_off00012744.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12744 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1