Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d75237b0b745d2ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 01:34:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f7da133f1c32fbecc801839361799f81 SHA-1: 627d5bfde3c1526c694c602007e1ce38b3cccba8 SHA-256: d75237b0b745d2efe57e525f44c0fb20c97d37898358059b607485e9ad0a5874
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm and a callback phishing lure, prompting users to call a phone number under the guise of a billing or security issue. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or initiate fraudulent phone interactions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

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://synphabase.ch/upload/file/29186732618.pdf
    • http://zapatosperezcabrera.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/31142696392.pdf
    • http://cnsgawefgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/javexukukasasolikipoxob.pdf
    • https://fluffy-chins.com/images/file/8078271067.pdf
    • https://phukienbep.net/media/files/bugexunojizigisuge.pdf
    • http://westernmaki.com/uploads/files/38567968301.pdf
    • https://simplehome.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tiwesalawibaratogulugo.pdf
    • http://bet-balance.com/userfiles/file/4863432132.pdf
    • http://szjglaw.com/uploadfile/file/2021090323304573499.pdf
    • http://altus.pl/userfiles/file/jofemofofazuxedopowenasob.pdf
    • http://residencelesaline.it/userfiles/files/jogixap.pdf
    • http://arredamentoambienti.it/img/file/85340167909.pdf
    • http://akicgiyim.com/userfiles/file/woniriwuvoxiwifiwipe.pdf
    • http://lovelyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/38070911502.pdf
    • http://resumesfromabove.com/userfiles/file/veguvidosorugogilafudula.pdf
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lj94bg7i4mpk4iu592o8nt9btb/69065749276.pdf
    • http://metalzilembo.it/userfiles/files/gikuxomemoxoto.pdf
    • http://hcbarrett.com/user_area/file/57598848420.pdf
    • http://sun-green.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vasimavogelevupufob.pdf
    • http://ambulanceservice.pl/userfiles/file/susadinenajarafu.pdf
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021091707571139.pdf
    • http://jfe.hk/userfiles/mudafaxurivabizijovawev.pdf
    • http://manilag.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210911_D66992999E45500B.pdf
    • http://drinkandshrink.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f1ffee919a---56338647356.pdf
    • https://deewo.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141e2ade7520---99979237032.pdf
    • http://superfishinglewood.com/uploads/files/wafodibawute.pdf
    • http://lsbwg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20210912/1625252966.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=mobile+legends+hack+2019
    • 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_off0000db13.bin
387502a75124761047f316192860860ed32d8d74b3c68457ebed9710ec931dfd
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB13 11140 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f4d7.bin
28e6fd1a0384c34fe89980c5045fefce440f8109a4ee4d21792beb5cf6e1b970
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4D7 17500 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001223a.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1223A 16792 bytes