Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d54c7a678abbee9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

148.1 KB Created: 2021-08-16 07:41:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 973b83a8a6e41e59b0e7616fb16775df SHA-1: dac00de09b534abcd6e54a34b24a90684e51556b SHA-256: 1d54c7a678abbee9b0f338740ffd3d990e43fb2969274a6477bced5d5bfc7d3d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV. It contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document may be designed to trick users into calling a fraudulent support number, a common tactic in phishing and tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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 http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e4aab612ebf---32752172087.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3l5kgnhjov088c5s6i98l0tc5/69996138559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://investainternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c794494e61---letitulefomalanujajedalew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asacnfservices.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15350599197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jahanchart.ir/data/files/file/levezoxewisupotumimirix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luberoff.com/userfiles/file/dotetureruzasen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lowchens.org/userfiles/file/kisunuwelekeduwafev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theagentpipeline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608947e894ff0---dukoboxosibelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vidol.nl/userfiles/file/tixupin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gillsandgeckos.com/userfiles/file/delibibewir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoprato.eu/userfiles/files/32618811814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8909517918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apnorajasthan.net/userfiles/file/99741942692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://whitelightdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b233f1a5bb82b6af6852d09ffec0fa5/23768693635.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wiz-fac.com/uploadImg/file/razonifurexex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16074aca653fc8---52422476304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://richmediahouse.com/admin/uploads/file/mugevojupasatosotij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hykylalumni.org/userfiles/29268366390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.startservis.sk/novy/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15101524677.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pilotcenter.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70sladlbt82976regp6k6bj6t0/27323972288.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camionespanamericana.com/userfiles/file/najup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stockholmswingallstars.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608db44405c95---busug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.look4job.gr/images/_user_na/file/62806188925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2a66fb8709---35765893794.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=asian+gypsy+moth+characteristicsPDF 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_off0001e336.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E336 17296 bytes
SHA-256: 234c1f0344cc763db8b46c3bc4b01705e97722a80cdad77d24318f561dceacd1
font_01_sfnt_off00021067.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x21067 10868 bytes
SHA-256: 4df8cedaa471c87f4dc26cc6386096d45f85d3f91042d912b1d93ad53e3768e6
font_02_sfnt_off00022962.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x22962 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1