Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1a9f6418a948725d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:36:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b6756cbdbdc8825969059d7c548000f3 SHA-1: a5ba1d6cb6fd9cbaedf0cb92d7978c91d0563f74 SHA-256: 1a9f6418a948725db5b12d71b815e546c76b12cbd5fd7aac6d85a62a645d07f0
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites and potentially malicious files, indicating it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure and URL patterns are consistent with techniques used to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fisuwo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160855c2d288f4---nutikotitamenogosoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpsoft.shop/upload/files/8682309484.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://southtours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/489248tuaih7bjho5c4eek343i/934992069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/juvatisuvoworu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loan-financial.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f5c8de12f11a7afa98a255c83f8ca631/48328322691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160991895d929f---dabogajapemaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tfforming.ru/d/files/73344668112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79417364521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dacinsara.ro/fckfiles/file/romosus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ckmandarin.com/uploads/77595118846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muachungbaohiem.com/uploads/userfiles/file/nijonasajevixupoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arch-teh.com/pic/userfile/zovur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://visualpaint.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c79a3929c5---fixasovomuzinosune.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camile.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qtuff19fpkrhiua8lh6q5sc203/96244093415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eau7c6fkfgvh12rcgnq5qa8fp1/masibepomufili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c89852b3203---sitiguvisosejikepidubog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balance-global.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pfbuudblenu5ama50qt5gfpmub/lalinimavavufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santabruna.cl/upload/file/55814139333.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awarelaxcentrum.cz/user_files/file/batixeninejubevetofuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ovartec.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9865d7a222---85919523738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fa6cd386d9e---wifesoxolirijopubikeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livre-art.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tutotage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalcenterhotels.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/82966401217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=legendary+moonlight+sculptor+volume+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_off0000f65f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF65F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E71 17928 bytes
SHA-256: 5b79297c27f80975738c4b9c86622d6f29858afd05dad48b380cb08cc073fac2
font_02_sfnt_off00013cb8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CB8 11304 bytes
SHA-256: 48179e336b32464b32cf71a1b0f91c90faf48e046b107963dfa9a0adc107ecfa