Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1d92185efd337eb2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.2 KB Created: 2021-09-16 02:57:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: a54604b8729e57eb1360d9bf71e15a02 SHA-1: b67cd34a36e6d6552b4e2d7d1ab5fc5e53ab5fd0 SHA-256: 1d92185efd337eb2797556a855c13699fe25d4604a0690f93ab297fa3ec50454
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The document's structure suggests it functions as a link farm, with numerous embedded URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in callback phishing and tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://truckforceone.com/upload/editor/file/zepup.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://lavera.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f14c781b11---65580398668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vibrosystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f3de7466bb---3851173736.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://francois-daulte.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32029963121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://compufoxmail.com/FCKeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/userfiles/file/nineguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoteldazegliotorino.com/userfiles/files/78424279617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/28of3fmsehl6jt0k6big97fhjl/mawefuzowifilat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ballarioarchitetti.eu/userfiles/files/rarerotulasabukutomavok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joesservicecenternj.com/userfiles/files/50597248639.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/4676529425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ghefootmassage.com/fckeditor_userfiles/file/jinosulibufezina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----8sbfeahwarn6ac1adp3fb2p.xn--p1ai/userfiles/file/xepirexukasa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vicc.huh.hu/UserFiles/File/vebik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://metall-press.ru/files/nizorisamosaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rasmesafar.net/basefile/basefiles/29021048375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5730ed5519eace2d78fbb191f5b5dd90/nubasilasubabudemovelur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ccf371f8c5---fixuwalosid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuvasarkar.org/userfiles/file/gisidovepanaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://93564497.com/userfiles/58298769828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilyxrace.com/userfiles/files/60116036136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phayaotechno.com/UserFiles/File/88209757272.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ripedzn.com/app/webroot/files/fckeditor/file/35522257078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zbraneklapka.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35472773887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://munnarteabungalows.com/userfiles/file/pepijoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=business+english+expressions+pdfPDF 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_off000107c8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x107C8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011fda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FDA 19492 bytes
SHA-256: 625efe458af02b70cbe999257336f6d9e1eea1f1f0a980c2e5a5f0db6c1b9464
font_02_sfnt_off00015283.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15283 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 48e92b7eea39cef4d90060851773d8d2427a6ec4eabf976c1409754439da9cfa