Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ef5d6fad5675ce26…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.9 KB Created: 2021-07-20 04:49:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 1765c7572f5f370974ddbb0e3ffbdaa9 SHA-1: 73b6d5ba57d8e2a9a709f9df7fda6b900898e76e SHA-256: ef5d6fad5675ce269fc2b3e859d8e58b79e0d579c0e7089a25bc0c306d07d361
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1566.002 Spearphishing Link

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing attempt. It impersonates Apple and directs users to a link that is part of a link farm, likely to harvest credentials. The document's structure and embedded links suggest it is designed to lure users into a phishing trap.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9966

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
  • Brand-impersonation credential phishing lure high SE_BRAND_CREDENTIAL_PHISH
    Document impersonates a well-known consumer brand and uses account-security / verification language ('unusual activity', 'account on hold', 'verify your account') to steer the reader to a credential-harvesting link. Corroborated by: call-to-action link host does not match the impersonated brand: https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=live+proctor+meaning.
  • 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://webmenuplus.com/images/file/vunuvowuxokofobub.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/foropuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oikoscoccatoarchitettura.com/userfiles/files/pagufegijerokenulaxor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retentionstudentexperience.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ea1409f28b---43273429129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dpsszczytno.pl/photo/file/nijerofuzataviweluwemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myphammonly.com/luutru/files/vepafuzeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ab9313615c---5431421015.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ff8a728d45---23105882104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3615992d0---wesewinoxatugijibago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dbjhockeytournament.com/clients/f/f9/f9ff496842c877cbb4522510b668f2a2/File/bawezida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://applecentervn.com/uploads/image/files/wisefuravedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://castel.ro/userfiles/file/72522992373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlastoursntravels.com/userfiles/file/gewoxoginawemopoloxoja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iviltra.lt/images/files/87980067244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9cd4f2ba1d---rigolomenavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cbc0b3098a---7224702987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ace55be49c7---38053708611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghalemdi.com/userfiles/file/38588483817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allseasonsart.com/uploads/fck_uploads/file/91502754381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://innospectrum.eu/hirlevel/file/wuxuxizemadokawugikumiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.radiopopiatej.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb1edf295db---3632584562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=live+proctor+meaningPDF 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_off00011683.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11683 18168 bytes
SHA-256: 5c9f49008c4ec3f68613f68df5958ef851b2f7ddf757e5d1c21dccd7a10bd4da
font_01_sfnt_off000146c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x146C0 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 3b620098fef806bd87e4cee4988915e87ce7b84a2edb24e86045f2a973e86b04
font_02_sfnt_off00015eb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15EB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1