Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e01623e96673cf62…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.2 KB Created: 2021-09-23 06:05:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 2295e0334b3d643761143c046205eb3f SHA-1: 87971cecf06b51aed9632934564db2e853156307 SHA-256: e01623e96673cf62cc3766be1e994fcf94bb90fb779ece7de44db7020ea5ff68
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document may be attempting a callback phishing or tech-support scam. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links suggests an attempt to lead the user to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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 https://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=basecamp+tablet+android
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210910030917.pdf
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408e905a627---79975000584.pdf
    • https://hattoco.vn/images/ckeditor/files/65429399168.pdf
    • http://ildongwire.com/userfiles/file/fodafewezuseminupoviwi.pdf
    • http://soupworld.de/upload/file/17193469005.pdf
    • http://frutapac.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kalolo.pdf
    • http://obraz-tlt.ru/userfiles/file/39744265293.pdf
    • http://www.neslihanonur.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/740fd9d9a4f2933408d355b1f2e797ee/54168195049.pdf
    • http://paradoxine.com/upload/files/45292270075.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/savaxuwexitutubudikatu.pdf
    • http://jsdarvin.com/files/87262148656.pdf
    • http://ricoconsultingattorney.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/medanasojob.pdf
    • https://tiemhoamo.tiemhoahaibara.com/data/dulieu/files/66812669020.pdf
    • http://ideal-site.ru/userfiles/file/pirunukonobobaju.pdf
    • https://ingatlanfelugyelet.hu/uploads/file/kudirevevo.pdf
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bddfa268a2---woxadirajixafu.pdf
    • http://hoshitorionline.com/uploads/files/87431789094.pdf
    • https://signos.larrialdiak.es/files/galeria/files/furivilufapisorewu.pdf
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f93fd0f89---79884716001.pdf
    • http://www.detskaoptika.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/roviwenazubobafo.pdf
    • https://dom4m.by/userfiles/files/bufosogelibaxuj.pdf
    • http://mediedil.eu/userfiles/files/gojivejegi.pdf
    • https://unitjaya.com/contents/files/64514739738.pdf
    • https://pediatricpotentialsnj.com/PP/PPpng/files/tewawugilodifuwawori.pdf
    • http://diakmelo.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vibejularogisofiz.pdf
    • 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_off0000ebf7.bin
562a7ffc63bfbc87ecc41f16db47db3d1e0f8d570f9e6636de9bf285fa3ea7fc
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBF7 19116 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011d2b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D2B 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013542.bin
461a86a73d7750fb58342f5d39482cc2c9a0597ba7a412ea8397ae4ad698ea52
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13542 10868 bytes