Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e94f0efd41b535a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.5 KB Created: 2021-09-15 10:13:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: d75a37865f6f94cd4e77e2ce87100b06 SHA-1: ee8627f09d67d6652e4eb3e5228caf1c708cb415 SHA-256: e94f0efd41b535a163dba34cece6eae1b2bcc3c72e88be03e839eaa836be7fc3
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=programming+language+for+android+application+development PDF link annotation
    • https://christianboudreau.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613701ce28218---kojazami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f5d1701a3a---ludamibugomanawegusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buka.ru/sadm_files/naxigozakutupitatogula.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161400402a59b8---xezuja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents/files/wameba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131162e5323c---zubapuladufevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140bb9023869---pikete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://195exim.com/datas/files/xeramu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613f123be36af---pewogujutedesitopezizebim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161354fecc1ab9---1036114265.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reroofingbrisbaneqld.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410ea6ac532---85579665032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interwork.sk/userfiles/file/60804563661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vpn-solutions.com.pe/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20215962016.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/metobuzomuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianxi.cn/filespath/files/20210912014944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://le-bouquet.be/userfiles/files/86904539998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nationalcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b9601b08b2---56618244099.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.argentum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4d623rr8a11ma5dfpi7cfedipp/bibek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiolegaletrotta.eu/userfiles/files/67540424232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2l5fuusrlvfhvit4r0ehcmgehh/15086087183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newbusan.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210907_A2CC9F4738FF6BFB.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nasledie-sluck.by/var/upload/file/kozenabedugatebaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16138f0c85f863---21861416757.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyalangkorapartment.com/userfiles/file/46059968941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pm-ural.com/uploads/files/49950307494.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_off0000fb30.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB30 18076 bytes
SHA-256: fb53730d7ee2c6841bd24a8f76c55ba3a01d0c35945628f42c6ece712d14cd4f
font_01_sfnt_off00012a21.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A21 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 004a2ccd730c05d3f506b693ae64e356ad9b36056f569362fa1f7b018ccd00c8
font_02_sfnt_off0001435b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1435B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1