Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e06a15b7b9daf2d4…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-08 09:01:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 7641cc15180e3643f42c405ce9072cf2 SHA-1: cc797a37013612df53adf48edff8524692c37755 SHA-256: e06a15b7b9daf2d442435283953bf305d5c7209315111a1c222d992bbf11d576
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a large number of embedded links, many pointing to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' further indicates a potential callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://abe-rdc.com/userfiles/file/nafekokoguxegilinog.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.revistadefiesta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd63b76bf3d---26156385076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://floramarble.com/uploads/logewepisikeselopidoseti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaies.cn/upfiles/file/wupan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thetachikappasigmaalumni.org/clients/5/56/56ac51e2ee760b54d3ff8b7d53c877b7/File/rudogupuzipote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d68a90dcb91---bumopulaborogurep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086c6d7685a2---84689609881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kruengrangthai.com/files/files/mikakupigexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bellevuecommunityfoodbank.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9870e0b34e51268d8c98e054cddcef3/rusugudubip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mlead.net/images/e/file/72854886905.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://websurin.net/UserFiles/File/81404747561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahcxdq.com/uploads/file/051147504215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchontherockuk.org/home/churchontherock1/public_html/userfiles/files/62403815744.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4tu3gt6qlckcjm1gs230t793fl/renabego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160883d6ad2a71---dorupapakojaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innovatepc.com/userfiles/file/jolotururefoned.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinetreerealty.ca/clients/55933/File/vezogizudujuwidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tramhuonghanoi.vn/upload/files/japomovesukadorifasav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.colours-of.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c03o54hpmc087613itqhh4khsp/6156311113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ag-concept.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aefd8a422a23bec84f0c6380d55b5b48/32982085191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tekizolasyon.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12944829969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sk-uralstroy.ru/uploads/files/90260715831.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/nasagikopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/957a10b6cf4c97285e2c3d6b306127a7/87712980254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=amulet+book+1+read+online+pdfPDF 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_off0000da28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA28 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f23f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF23F 10856 bytes
SHA-256: 585e3505250110c7d1c44d2d5bf8048219d465b277f17e7af29129c0af9e49f9
font_02_sfnt_off00010b14.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B14 17480 bytes
SHA-256: c9d3420ad3efbd7a43898d1b2903eab4d0cd371faae9259772de287b59fab3fe