Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f05b32d7d3810b05…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.1 KB Created: 2021-07-21 08:37:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 6b89b030c871918dce90bcab7cf7e71d SHA-1: a3bce2d45bcdfe59c99a5f7da4bf9e1173ff7d28 SHA-256: f05b32d7d3810b05476279d02199827cb0358af366a8f53186a49ed14990501d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests the document is designed to trick users into calling a phone number, characteristic of callback phishing or tech-support scams. Embedded JavaScript streams and numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, further support the malicious nature of the document, likely serving as a lure for further exploitation.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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 http://www.chatanakonci.cz/userfiles/file/4162964733.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hkt-optics.com/hkt/images/userfiles/file/68360104524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dossalas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c4e33cd34e1968c54e4e7281579b0a5e/38482461127.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--b1ahhafccpgkb2bxo.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/87eebb695f84385d648c393739b9cf4b/4996128154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cgeminfos.ma/upload/file/3527767893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finalstage.biz/js/upload/files/takaxeribazibuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juniorsmagazine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c6cef4d03e---36186541103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://haniltm.kr/upfiles/editor/files/75803326510.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad3acb65ceff6b0a9e307eb10a59358b/fizasizekekefisap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-17/20210517104808234608.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prtl.pl/userfiles/file/subufefux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/tojuzedelofilanaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a56a101dc906107db61fa85004c8a57d/nijipapaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://travelinnsuites.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/98221612800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086895bf10da---bozaxepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agribusiness.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160736ed207092---5665026572.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twozonechickenlasvegas.com/uploads/files/situtetim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congtydaihai.com/upload/files/gorenuzuzagotitipixebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yuha.be/_files/file/75771666720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210527203044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sieuthibongda.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fafokitaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://didopack.com/files/81071334329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adiwirawanbali.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c676c0604c3f28622b08a811e9cedc32/57899428745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/96755356661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d2fa5a3e1a---zodubitakajisefabano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=physical+and+chemical+changes+fill+in+the+blanksPDF 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_off0000efe4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFE4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000107f6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107F6 17328 bytes
SHA-256: 923ee5db68e036d6e9cb7437cfd87bc2c6c4003e9338eeff02e3513d5a2cb013
font_02_sfnt_off00013569.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13569 11048 bytes
SHA-256: c5cc28cd13f64c48ec0582551466037180f4f1621b39c6edc3d641aeced0ebf0