Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a128bf84b34e0c23…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.0 KB Created: 2021-06-25 14:07:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8001aa182e5b18dc62e7604a5ea9018b SHA-1: 5100ec12520e87ce9492a8574dc3ea931e812f50 SHA-256: a128bf84b34e0c232a08d185098a37c48e159579ef0e1cc4d7cb4a89dd72e363
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains multiple links to potentially compromised websites, including one that hosts a PDF file within a form-builder plugin. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to prompt the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in callback phishing and tech-support scams. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of embedded URLs and the callback lure strongly suggest a phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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 https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s73ikcahkpe5tr88ggg2e2uftj/17729800029.pdf
    • http://www.atrium-tuiles.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2b71981a20---31535404498.pdf
    • http://geoodwierty.pl/files/file/25204595548.pdf
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d9f2fc9fdd---69796645235.pdf
    • http://dieta-plus.pl/userfiles/file/gikitekabamubilitumibu.pdf
    • https://bookatowncar.com/userfiles/file/52202245615.pdf
    • http://tkhomedeco.com/assets/uploads/ckedit/files/20210622195443.pdf
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c7b1b96dc5---tivetanogofubuvolup.pdf
    • http://www.onekaddy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0f914cc25---wokesarepuluruk.pdf
    • https://aimhc.com/userfiles/file/vozojawafosopulolam.pdf
    • http://www.alexgis.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/kugulobafasu.pdf
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o2o40chvhmj364di16ejgrsbg2/musikewepop.pdf
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/xisefifoda.pdf
    • http://tai-yang.tw/taiyang/upload/file/lowonazoxowevuri.pdf
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/9305752110.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=north+andover+ma+registry+of+deeds
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dec2.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEC2 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f6d4.bin
736e4d7f1c02cd611117d3fce444695ef76b4dc81e654ec2009d19b0d3b81fdf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6D4 17484 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off000124ff.bin
efc130ce319b4aa64626f9f1b3fcae81824d2e5db95190cbedd7fd28c3b784cf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124FF 10912 bytes