Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e07a9ad358678257…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.8 KB Created: 2021-08-14 23:51:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 78de644210ea22a13fd29971c7909705 SHA-1: a83aeb968fa159aae48e4df703986058f72ecc9b SHA-256: e07a9ad358678257d9451356481653fd61f2fce5b5d703f57287b7d4bccec970
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it's a link farm pointing to compromised CMS upload storage. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document is designed to trick users into calling a phone number, a common tactic in phishing and tech-support scams. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it may leverage embedded JavaScript for malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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 http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e46e78dd2ca3cine04oo4ih07p/rugipuparilegojex.pdf
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b6acfcc27217c057d5c6d2e8e779278/labiwerebinufos.pdf
    • https://108pizza.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/75846614487.pdf
    • https://www.deuba.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ctlo1t84t5ss2nsfrmjaslj6sn/fejotepenibibired.pdf
    • https://doellefjelde-mussemarked.dk/images/newsmail/file/45425291012.pdf
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ca9108d548---najedovexisukinolizur.pdf
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/zuxadededutudomavepomejin.pdf
    • http://timelessmebel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/530725c13b85855a5d23c167d42d2757/76734852665.pdf
    • http://lorichphoto.com/pictures/file/58938570771.pdf
    • https://fa-vietnam.com/webroot/img/files/pijojunikiwuxafuged.pdf
    • https://siphouse96.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65fdec81c2a54d59bfb821557517bb57/22202201007.pdf
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f4e6d4c09d---3473132167.pdf
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4047e1d40f---gijex.pdf
    • https://handientu.vn/userfiles/file/renurepinoluvikuni.pdf
    • https://gberwanda.com/gbe/useruploads/blogs/files/80875179945.pdf
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/4276878322.pdf
    • http://rhondadejean.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wagafodoxewipugorix.pdf
    • http://alpha-cp.com/userfiles/file/vuzizewitigurovidilitoxe.pdf
    • https://www.cibaospalaser.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hth1niulgatdh32ecn0f0j6gvl/9424458332.pdf
    • http://www.louisefarmersmith.com/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55140412357.pdf
    • http://fitviewer.de/files/file/59085104810.pdf
    • https://goactive.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dae392db43317c114cbafd8d4e9a767a/47910470701.pdf
    • https://tylbm.com/Upload/ckeditor/files/komovenivawolozuzapirevi.pdf
    • https://lllk.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17e3713bd691208eade1dd67ea1a7d07/kuxanavovopamumunumelodil.pdf
    • http://legendtec-eg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0n0fv494tlukqp19jrn6s9hme4/7990963581.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=verizon+fios+tv+user+manual
    • https://www.unimedbelem.com.br/painel_template/assets/global/plugins/ckfinder/userfilesfiles/21524985310.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_off0000e8ec.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8EC 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000100fe.bin
02213eeccc66481154783cc79620fde863dd9bbee1cf2c76a44765c580075775
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100FE 16880 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012d18.bin
dbe530d675c31b82776049759878b0c93528d49899881d616b4c5dc36d874ce3
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D18 10568 bytes