Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef3ef580433e3188…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-08-07 21:18:13 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 4db31d287a7dc6485ceb619d1bf97385 SHA-1: 7cc0eb81710f035b3d9691841fb2b217d55138c1 SHA-256: ef3ef580433e31884d6e9134f8f4fe1a008352e90016249e0ba6bcd185b21b5c
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDFs hosted on compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'Callback phishing phone lure' heuristic suggests a potential social engineering tactic to trick users into calling a fraudulent support number. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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://ols.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/484035621535ad983a6ec69b877e9b42/bagopaxofetulomekuwa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://nagakuratrading.com/js/upload/files/mulepomokirilofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerel.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/vepuwadafazotoxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asahiru-ban.com/files/files/71327813311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://blindnow.com/userfiles/file/63325273689.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skupka23.ru/upload/m/volozivabisogebot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aathichudi.org/userfiles/file/21321821733.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mkkdigital.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d1c89a9b3---71599001308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrobud.net/uploaded/file/xizabemixosawifime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sckprime.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0915b2c2736c24106de3512d4b487bc9/wifusozujuwegikukusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/45323487222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beachhigh65.com/clients/879402/File/xuwapikusose.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bursac.net/userfiles/file/70061799087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bloomlight.pl/_bloom/file/wulikesubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gangqpkr32jpfrj05c6p90rdch/purezovejutewaridetaxun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.melodypods.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cd03784b58---fuvuzuralal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.predoisiasociatii.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4fcfb75e48---novajusakezinirojujiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartmedicaleg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bd6844c82---11581752639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b0560d681---55809825208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lirealestatelitigator.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61c47bb509e79abbffcb877c22f5df29/buziz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulfsupremesa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25255320431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phase1acoustics.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a881a4c75c0---91208865316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.avantagesapp.com/uploads/files/34427195177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdseoulps.com/uploadfile/fckeditor/file/80777960843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=eddy+b+%26+tim+gunter+time+bomb+mp3+download+320+kbpsPDF 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_off0000f88c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF88C 18108 bytes
SHA-256: bd7657ce22b6b059f0603274120e1d3408428814928d6c267b8a3c0b6e4afade
font_01_sfnt_off00012855.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12855 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001406b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1406B 9456 bytes
SHA-256: 0039bf41f220fa78a397fe48b5fd580ae6877f4f303c58c4b3fc72dd1c0d8387