Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cac947b3cb072742…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.4 KB Created: 2021-09-12 13:05:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: d6690e9b0be13e83203f65f91eee8999 SHA-1: dd3a3af0be22b2d6623e801dcb9c9f6faac87a8a SHA-256: cac947b3cb07274256ece069151363cec6f28868044ddaa5bafa3c727c3422a8
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to host malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams or callback phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://peach2560.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kizeka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.ferm-matic.fr/upload/file/rijog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://auto4-spb.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/malotubitotagebutanatam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mobilahomedesign.com/userfiles/files/kazusosolasoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tataservice.it/userfiles/file/67077113681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kochitaxirental.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dunasumebixisajeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guclupin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/16264477564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capital-publishing.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44330251792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7593818413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rougezenekar.hu/files/file/39618189043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hs-hofgastein.salzburg.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34095909418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/67111741016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometramaurotozzi.it/userfiles/files/17390410069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bdbbbcfffb---82019356130.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phyllisrubensteinlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/81594255855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcon-aps.dk/userfiles/file/gaxazemej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoangmailogistics.com/asset/site/files/rarik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://r4binsh4h9-att.com/contents/files/zakezanopapikazemagoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.truesdalepainting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396c5aeaa9c---89830437822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://walosports.cl/userfiles/file/pokuguvuratake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/4292253580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sapientgenerator.ru/files/userfiles/files/5233026298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.generalutilities.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135e1a5e5c02---71062279978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-hold.com/UploadFile/file/20210910050650801.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.samuitns.com/image/upload/File/xixeruritozatel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=descargar+juego+call+of+duty+black+ops+para+androidPDF 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_off0000b311.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB311 16236 bytes
SHA-256: 19e5e793885120acd04cbc145922c9813242532164a1526774968f153a13c109
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD20 11372 bytes
SHA-256: 1b4db60502df42f3dd617b7c44145ef700d8827ee37a2b4daa401b342d58045c
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7ae.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7AE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1