Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d1503b5e8769a27c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.5 KB Created: 2021-09-20 21:04:40 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a77b4f3da5957930799d18b0d5cb48d9 SHA-1: f91bd6831e1a79d42a6ae939d91ba6446155bb6f SHA-256: d1503b5e8769a27c450ab5593ba40ee908c86ed62c0ca1732d6d89cea052a77e
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to prompt a callback, likely for a scam. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9253

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 https://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hill+climb+mod+apk+hack PDF link annotation
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16146ff90273f2---fozasotidufuxalotur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://varadimasszazs.hu/uploads/files/xalavibovuwexirul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boonfagrandhome.com/user_img/files/xinezi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lilit-realty.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kh7pksc119q02pm79nb4h4t3m2/38310460382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recko.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67500291611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ct-tci.com/cttax/userfiles/files/15565326719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clairerolo.com/userfiles/file/43385478536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://droprint.my/home/ququ4923/public_html/userfiles/file/9473792207.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namhunglogistic.vn/site/files/sekiziwopaxemidotas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uekekb.ru/!upload/files/19268166414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16876432885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doo-san.com/userfiles/file/20210902232149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santamariamikado.com/uploads/files/40536829886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ikkosushi.com/uploads/files/99771062337.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldurra.ly/images-editeur/img/file/totuzikeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wyslijpaczki.pl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/file/nekizetosutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4els.ru/uploads/images/files/30913164770.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interconformity.ro/images/file/39474812447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naturestuff.nl/siteimages/file/21388623431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.helpagesl.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161358162edee9---68488089348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sumisaedu.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210919_93F206A3DDBF9445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://igescanada.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jenis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpiindahsatu.com/contents/files/dolekome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vcubusinesssolutions.com/userfiles/file/17947604629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://catherinehourihan.art/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c49c7cb2dc6526e87ff7fe551a0bfb2e/rabixusoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xibuhuanyu.com/filespath/files/20210901152626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://longhoang.vn/upload/files/gizaligugitopagutum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hilanguage-com-tw.triangle-design.com/files/totonexetopoxixufab.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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000edff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDFF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010616.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10616 10400 bytes
SHA-256: e4b695cb699ae44857b62363cef9f756ebc6d95e0adaa94ffef02cbcfa98d344
font_02_sfnt_off00011d44.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D44 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 27dae096acbd419e360cc2086312ed4b782e3ba468148858ffe3e458a95a0e22
font_03_sfnt_off00013609.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13609 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
font_04_sfnt_off00013e01.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E01 27944 bytes
SHA-256: 49bf07dfa4fb4bb6ea31537d247a4b96fe5882bc80530d60aec555e7857a9eea