Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d6a0cb91d252c400…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 22:11:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9c7184d762cfe461e91ecef97719023d SHA-1: 6e6d123cbb0b20b71b602f71b13705e68dee5a4b SHA-256: d6a0cb91d252c400041ca14e8f45d66899e56a19d31ceaf40d77c54267603c47
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure malicious destinations. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document prompts the user to call a phone number, a typical callback phishing or tech-support scam. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://himalayakebab.irafbrothers.com/shipinc/userfiles/files/jozibeto.pdf
    • https://artedeeducar.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/60637664958.pdf
    • https://truckforceone.eu/upload/editor/file/45356736107.pdf
    • http://platcometals.com/images/file/99738841294.pdf
    • http://aorganboys.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/givojefixuzixepopanezeki.pdf
    • http://aaykpn.com/uploads/editor/files/saxedavunefov.pdf
    • https://digireg.nu/upload/vezuxexub.pdf
    • http://lblussana.it/images/file/73231017354.pdf
    • https://archielectronics.com/userfiles/files/rebotigubasararusazad.pdf
    • http://gibisch.info/files/files/mujijagadusidovapifanabu.pdf
    • http://hitelesen.com/userfiles/file/muwibisuxirapomoroxuzeseg.pdf
    • http://nc-israel.ru/upload/files/nonasurezo.pdf
    • https://cvenhancer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/203e690b3ebe0ace72cadaa8ce9f79e2/bobunapivovedafasutoto.pdf
    • http://cestovni-postylka.eu/userfiles/file/46611733401.pdf
    • https://ekoelprom.pl/public/images/editor/file/remuroganulijavemodom.pdf
    • https://gameclub.by/uploads/files/45859634100.pdf
    • http://zzfcw.com/file/fkimg/file/satas.pdf
    • http://jamoncup.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137c42cbdf8f---51348408580.pdf
    • http://nissanotogovap.com/uploads/images/files/tubukifawedaxiderumod.pdf
    • http://sochi-vitrazhi.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75431989474.pdf
    • http://fernandopelosini.it/userfiles/files/15805669947.pdf
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613189d7b6e6d---12476194911.pdf
    • https://successstudio.net/userfiles/file/50504242608.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=look+at+private+account+on+instagram
    • 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_off0000e382.bin
d733c41917f4b4a35eb76ff02af4765a417a284fbaa9c57206fad52f8bbf4927
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE382 18600 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011309.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11309 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012b20.bin
6df6e46222b7467395406ec9b1fa41b5cb1b278bdf0d7421c44a87c7daba5adb
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B20 10888 bytes