Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e6d53f0ad56dbf57…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-08 05:33:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 33cd0e7204403bb8c4af02f56128d89a SHA-1: d6c0d489d2b99def2bf3a3a0a16f4675ba1a7b2a SHA-256: e6d53f0ad56dbf5745d70d0aea8839b0c47bfa52ae824351e5d18e05097a2ff9
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript, flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm and a callback phishing lure, prompting users to call a number in a billing or security context. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the execution of a malicious payload or redirects the user to a phishing site.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://daiichigroup.net/uploads/news_file/98491562937.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://scenekunstskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ropimizajijaparasesebixid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/55803598549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3qbuy.com/CKEdit/upload/files/bubobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhaban24h.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kad18uusfjne4o4mm5tp83sgjt/76143181003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/upload/save_image/files/zemuvosozulaxatusiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/xurifipafewirogedesote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b2b256c9b0be214fd75dd214c84b86de/6947316516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afb3b28c89c---likufuvajelupifos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alwaysflorida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160834ee813ed9---kasadosatevatuzirux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acornschoolcharleston.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/680a6619d469ff7fd63208d7b0247bba/10788039693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://orgue-chantepie.info/FCKeditor/upload/file/mizirupamukazavatabur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f186cc9a481a97fd05aaf602c33e924b/joditafopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sharpeningfactory.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16125dc8092875---koledebasadidenaletetonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wacee.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7f2dfdc1f2---zapegosumifudarakabujebuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabiocaronearchitetto.com/userfiles/files/95098287531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.restaurant-latableedevercel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28334444528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93c7326a2d0dfad972e96ea1729a231f/divomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brakos.it/file/75986840177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingmanplanningdemo.com/userfiles/files/80726807435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc020.com/userfiles/file/20210802130537_rscygu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sdyh.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/p9nhk49cmm6uuh606ab4ab90k6/8877625565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://labmansour.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/37880121251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studionegro.net/userfiles/files/22792848949.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=gta+iv+lcpdfr+best+modsPDF 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_off0000e554.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE554 10924 bytes
SHA-256: a96b68b75fdcf68590c2148ba13376baf1849e7378795f78c72351a896e69f46
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE7E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011690.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11690 18700 bytes
SHA-256: 94e1bcf0aecbf84d1f5cfe595be38a33763a8a90b2db182d9d64516d04f5af38