Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e76e057ad9d91074…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.8 KB Created: 2021-09-07 08:45:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: ef90dd23414b339193c1494dcd069ac7 SHA-1: 30865c76ca08394e41e90de11bd4f10b9804c327 SHA-256: e76e057ad9d91074c2064c0f0a058e6f650212d5a64287e96308be6851f0ad56
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs pointing to compromised websites, suggesting it's used in a phishing or link-farming scheme. The presence of a 'Callback phishing phone lure' heuristic further supports its use in social engineering attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9968

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=c%23+programming+language+for+beginners+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://www.britocunhaadvocacia.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c743ea2f0a8---wezulon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wilsonbarrera.com/inicio/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d24e6a8b25---29278123852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forumhotel.by/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fmi16iui5rq24h1inut035o1d6/wijobozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://growmytruck.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb6419c75a9d73de55178fac18a793ef/dikuveridonumimavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anthonygillant.com/userfiles/file/74035920885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitnessrev.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11m7hhmkn4uq52c5abrolarj97/37830671323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeci.nl/im/image/xupiwujesuroxutitudajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izharfoster.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d317c5a70ba---53486593498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aircond.md/upload_fck/file/516818533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andrejc.si/files/file/34573801900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hochrainer-elsner.at/upload/files/31583265224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://k-ookuma.com/js/upload/files/31451664565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16118e7f798ad2---vadukitojefofased.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://paklya.su/design/img/upload/file/lipebatategufexiguxoteli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://donnasalon.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb23b2504f16cdcd23156ea816fba7ec/44983035885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/anmj00ek691vjrgrc9h8gkira8/42993870682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maybomnuocdanang.com/uploads/image/files/mimugox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vivatbacchus.hu/files/file/6499780362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klwas.org/userfiles/images/file/gufukamotopigugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a88639d1a0d---20584561665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hausbaumesse.at/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67230526568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cainghienbinhduong.com/uploads/userfiles/file/givipikew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000dbf7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBF7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f40d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF40D 9104 bytes
SHA-256: fe4a9ad32d6d12da45ce8861a1e6e511df5579fd33367a5c4d1c9e774d301804
font_02_sfnt_off000106da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106DA 18592 bytes
SHA-256: e36ba595e2e73d08a1b1691928e99392da881ea1733579587bd88d99b76549ef