Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 dada0901973fed3d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.4 KB Created: 2021-09-10 10:14:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 5b80b04975905e8df8e966b48ef6fd3f SHA-1: de155b8f6fdfb440b312f33403e9dca2c95092ac SHA-256: dada0901973fed3d325b2ede03938a5dfc0edbad8b364d53777785e87485e3b2
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1204.002 Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting it's designed to lead users to malicious content or phishing sites. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic specifically points to a callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern, likely intended to trick users into initiating contact.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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=how+to+unblock+someone%27s+number+on+android PDF link annotation
    • http://ledspectrumthai.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vulizodeworebiwav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mebelhotel.ru/userfiles/files/28991203163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omprintandpack.com/userfiles/file/45994797889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biroestarsa.hu/uploads/file/gekujubolunofumiximum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://budohurtsa.pl/userfiles/file/89367935432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/vilireteteboba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.eurosecurimed.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rujozozalokadeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smsalumni1971.com/apadmin/uploads/userfiles/files/92980389169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dorfadvertising.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93695059333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paroles-vives.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14448036065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bibrka-school.org.ua/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guwetewadimexubis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kirks-pool.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ff505e36a2---lotusadokemomasawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oxi-dental.ro/imagini_ws/kenevirujajanuxatevegubov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lostsoulsmemorialnj.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/698808761f72fe80f8f5fd6c13b3d3e0/xewukozugunonerurumovegoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xetakiparejixenoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/nunelerapusotagikolilafo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siposferenc.hu/html/jatebetorakubofubizusosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kfmaccounting.com/webroot/img/content/files/40069935306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/afd353bb1816a350ad811b2f04cc27ae/rikof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lica.plovdivweek.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7580588241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digitalpolicycouncil.org/imagenes/file/popupeseva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95419472074.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drahmetbostanci.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161375934cdc22---12139363595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f456c68db3---budoditegoxuniwemesulos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/gawafekifoz.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_off0000d24e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD24E 16896 bytes
SHA-256: af82cc4a9ad99edc9354bb95cf04b62b204f98d4d3cbe40563ff310a075822e7
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE2E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011645.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11645 10976 bytes
SHA-256: c8bdec661a6f8e030adee21f16446ddbb395f815dd55fa43eb2811adabccd8e9