Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1ef02baa3c15ba81…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 23:21:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: f971861aa4ae003a035c3ed53662fa5d SHA-1: a2f786907cde1f000ea88c77598f6da7930dfb01 SHA-256: 1ef02baa3c15ba81f025f6dbf0080ca5c488bba576906d7781d9bf69aa6abbd6
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous URLs, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely contains a pretext for users to call a phone number, consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scams. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=i+am+number+four+series+pdf PDF link annotation
    • http://inter-travel.hu/_user/file/tuvipabesap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7pm8qsg82rd5mufb3lt0jkqk33/manawopenulefajiwes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duhochmis.com/files/uploaded/files/47075938386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lbf-cosmetics.com/website/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080add8893e7---tunorukaduriwuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chiaranannini.com/userfiles/files/sikowixotabadezej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607db722c097c---kowadikejatojila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/81bs90v5cu80rfhunf600b96l0/2477374390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foodzipo.com/uploads/userfiles/files/84975205142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titibbs.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gewupuwidudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jointrilogy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a79064f1fa2---wewerijiwatafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4306e1e33413969274ff80b6fe9742bd/75804236247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrkanuch.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/58051630181.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://annjulieskarpmo.com/userfiles/file/tapamutotuxigunilumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urgentcarepb.net/userfiles/file/jidigolirinefijetugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marljivo.hr/userfiles/file/wupuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nsck-cykelmotion.dk/userfiles/file/sugubasubunalafedota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenhere.cn/upload/ckimg/files/202108301011309844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/kitogisepexikadesovaxudib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobryremont.pl/ebobas/portal/app/webroot/img/tmp/file/16306262724369.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.weboonline.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42447695172.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radekslodkiewicz.pl/files/file/48115528275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelritariccione.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ccc80c05abe---74844919545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccspatti.org/userfiles/file/rolanumatizasuxixunukax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dragoniresorts.com/userfiles/66019020247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfebb27b978---memiwisogukavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c866.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC866 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 723c8c81cd61d66d279e64d9538f782722031444fc5702771adb276a8b3d10c7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0a6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0A6 16352 bytes
SHA-256: 7341a327742f35b565001674a43fa08aae212ba69084d9b7bed02d0544a70196
font_02_sfnt_off00010acc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ACC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1