Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 eef43693cd9424f9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.1 KB Created: 2021-09-17 07:13:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 750af37854ef6ad78eb31402573a9cab SHA-1: 3ff7a7ac46fe04e15b3fcc4d5492a8505651cf1e SHA-256: eef43693cd9424f9669f723e4ffb4ea7bc76ddb8ca2faad802071f03e919701d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on various domains, many of which appear to be disposable or compromised. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing or tech-support scam context, aiming to trick the user into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://urbanelect.com/userfiles/file/22153689628.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gmart-express.com/demo/uploadpic/file/soravamazulopusedad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cualuoiskydoor.com/webroot/img/files/vipufifapopapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.moxiclear.com.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bexaweweninesuleriwijizo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://isigakizima.net/img/tmp/file/dikagigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edv-denk.com/userfiles/file/39156495792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b7af4ae6ee---16987403370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bociany.sk/media/file/pilodogiredawotunawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-gypsum.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16132a5cb786ac---6991587964.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134765c4ddb9---mazukuwisetuwojefi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hj-bouwt.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161308d1f036b8---94921307424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hcstonetw.com/uploads/files/202109090945457647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geology.ie/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161368205e8ccc---rapozubedonodatebovozumup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9i1b14l32gg2dsybq3b.com/upload/fckeditor/file/623261538.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laplacedesstores.com/upload/file/retuguxokunokoduruli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzps.pl/userfiles/file/96106467281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amindoost.ir/images/upload/files/23146581412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajej.pretty-match.com/upload/files/37984183954.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insight-assessment.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sipawanivikusumus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/29870f3b99049a013a60ea37f547bea0/zusejonofob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://motivationandmomentum.net/ci/userfiles/files/97119628690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hiroi-es.info/yamituki-n/uploads/files/8206628224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kramnyca.info/img/upload/editor/file/90392476966.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccarbotosani.ro/userfiles/file/861013000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dekogard.net/deko/veri/_files/75742971048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fc0a58734a---pejavuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=phone+not+receiving+otpPDF 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_off0000e4b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4B8 17844 bytes
SHA-256: aee96e23be37a1e1c6e6675bcec148fd2c3b0b0a8fda0f03ff9081f1b7d8fe87
font_01_sfnt_off0001135f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1135F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b76.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B76 10344 bytes
SHA-256: 10d77a4cf49d991aeb0b4ffa85bce86bec1528e3b4c7296a9820e60e5b3bf6f3