Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 165d7c814bba3b4b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

108.2 KB Created: 2021-06-30 09:36:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 92b5b9c807670aec8ed2fe87f3cd6142 SHA-1: e190f3468c74623494b08d2de91c81f681e93bdc SHA-256: 165d7c814bba3b4b6fc47b31e478c5cbae32d2de3710f9f50fdf699f3522d5cc
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a critical ClamAV detection for Pdf.Phishing.Trojan. The presence of numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting, combined with a 'download button' lure, strongly suggests a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The document body is heavily obfuscated, preventing a clear understanding of its specific content, but the overall structure and heuristic firings indicate a malicious intent to trick the user into downloading a payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://fabrykakonwersji.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fa0653521351f994667623af9035faf/gifamilikuwekewopapokoza.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c087ed6fcd8a64865f85cb6094e5f5a2/zetunujejinubupifix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.intermediastudios.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bf152b59e51f05c6ef30ba5153076490/10401265980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083b5593dd7e---25724083065.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rodolphe-blanchet.fr/Rodolphe/fckeditor/file/muzoxokesiwipav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.a2zmedical.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d110a37632---gejifitofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbetelparaguay.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c041af2fd00227051092c15dcf267fbf/59581179412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahkjt.com/upfile/file/sifinomafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://singaporenotarypublic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/89c38f6dd8d884540f4957b4da19e871/gilokepamuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://a2itsolutions.com/chop/multimedia/userfiles/file/27484125868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bougerpourstarlight.org/clients/c/c6/c668404594a1c08d975ab50c7bec58f6/File/bolofuzowikilawakuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46e4298a3bc3bb11fd25062a4f348f79/mozokazalekuxifezagumogan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ever-pioneer.com/upload/files/rifeduwonuxoveteruraxisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thingsantiquesla.com/userfiles/files/tofepigitenos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lightspec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1e24d97e9e00c3abc6ebfcacf67c8b12/jaloxudiwiwoxawejopawaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7aa13d9a5b---68744026275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rajakeempat.com/contents//files/36438368970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://suportti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1801ef1ef7---22915678046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/42400895459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alteredcompta.com/buddha/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xateg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://king-ber.com/UploadFiles/file/20210624141904723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ankamet.com/userfiles/file/5860556906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=for+the+love+of+dogs+spring+grove+illinoisPDF 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_off000141e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x141E0 18044 bytes
SHA-256: af7387e1fb98da9f417dee7c847686ce58fac9c0609f183c35948cc3c8b76066
font_01_sfnt_off00017187.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17187 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001899e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1899E 10656 bytes
SHA-256: c728dbffcc347ce3ef304730691ab0a81f4ad4f9ea852344fcd664a6aeb70d1a