Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e55a015ea97aa316…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-08-12 09:53:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 025fd68cac426dce3ce561b90a2aa046 SHA-1: edc9b58d12720fdc7eb6e075a077a435fea5a9ea SHA-256: e55a015ea97aa3166aa898299065f3a9095dbb5a6374e5f979c4cb0843ebcb63
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by multiple heuristics and an ML classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic for tech support scams or fraudulent billing schemes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://dongzzang.com/userfiles/file///gakerixajugopenunusij.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.yoursurveysurveyors.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ea64ac2db---lupugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hyundaihungthinh.com/uploads/images/files/lifarataxovuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humboldthighclassof79.com/clients/1/19/19f040aad945c40a0acbd79abd3dc6cb/File/bilejikejalurim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.191seo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c53c5209816---madetabogujujuwepuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://expobar.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/18029259515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5120a5450---refifoweje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/modebige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://actorconseil.com/files/file/10847643821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://juhaszautovill.hu/userfiles/file/25074676403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suapaiatuipelehakefamily.com/clients/80707/File/52666363061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hcs1000.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ccd9aeb002c774e4b746c151f49fadec/pisinibabenanozunevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.prestigeautobody.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/216ed7619252cb0ac3aa1d2b6f22dfe8/73697704432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zohopinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/kulujarenoditezaxur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreaslasnik.com/data/files/51549048326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebankcardservices.com/uploads/files/kenasasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55990371979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cloverpark1959.com/clients/51168/File/17086901399.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.supercarrentalsofmiami.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4eeb01aad7---12081057182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fujavietnam.com/images/Download/86466490715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://almawred-sy.com/files/adminfiles/files/gituxovemosa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pyhm.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7p99j678ropoc8p72u9l39rr6v/pidisudiri.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnkcreations.com/userfiles/file/bozixazotuvifowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f7957caaef4---4145175722.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iccj.jp/images/uploads/fckeditor/file/46527774178.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+use+a+duraflame+remotePDF 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_off0000e716.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE716 10496 bytes
SHA-256: a8ab7f5856f1f1d669c301dfe48441c98f42ddfd483bba4c4ff3e4c99836cd50
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011724.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11724 18128 bytes
SHA-256: 6df3633ced7f4fbd4c0839787c7feb1e89afaa639d6ed358631cc29758f93e6b