Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7ba91dff3b9c2260…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-09-12 20:00:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b3a1ecffb8e82a20445b1d364859f3a8 SHA-1: 8239683ee61d6cd52a1ab917256eab3de02d8dd2 SHA-256: 7ba91dff3b9c2260704e91a3051a2f8c7078ddfa661e186bc5dc5d63b7ea8ed2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with several URLs pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and other disposable hosting. The document's content, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a callback phishing lure, prompting users to call a phone number for a fabricated issue.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9922

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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://oskarmak.com/userfiles/file/17965363701.pdf
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613ce4ea61584---jexegebamuvadaxurawi.pdf
    • https://clifestyle.net/uploades/userfiles/file/rojodagofogafamap.pdf
    • http://ldksolar-officialliquidation.com/userfiles/files/98498326149.pdf
    • https://destockbaby.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/94663877121.pdf
    • http://sunriverps.com/data/editor/file/vugojibezawereg.pdf
    • https://baobiachau.com/luutru/files/dulopofodosebabofoxotubon.pdf
    • http://tuanayapim.com/rsm/files/28441172284.pdf
    • https://allianztc.ro/files/file/bexekana.pdf
    • http://www.ocptecnology.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/86962931168.pdf
    • http://golfproradost.cz/webpagebuilder/ckfinder/userfiles/files/2365697132.pdf
    • https://mercerapparelss.com/userfiles/files/navanali.pdf
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/dosadaputovusaw.pdf
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/25134101886.pdf
    • http://thueotodn.com/uploads/image/files/niliritutada.pdf
    • https://muratay.nl/userfiles/file/wokuzolonudakuzeboku.pdf
    • https://bettenbaehren.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161319a8fb981f---nukaxojuzopes.pdf
    • https://inprovit.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61387164592.pdf
    • https://www.opdrrustukalac.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bebda172ef---pipeku.pdf
    • https://bisnismedsos.com/userfiles/file/zedad.pdf
    • https://edubox.mn/uploads/users/0/files/20991435203.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=reface+face+swap+video+pro+apk
    • 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 5

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ca6f.bin
071bac7a3a90310621307d68123817e30fba7c89f9e5021c4391eb43bd8b9137
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA6F 16132 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfe7.bin
785fa01775fd9a53303eca5348d4ea24281ee900759bf70d9fc5d7c7a634fa80
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFE7 10656 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f886.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF886 16792 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off00011098.bin
5e6d5575b993d9f563a838eae3495730040db2a751b5885ec139c4c6fe1cbe32
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11098 23232 bytes
font_04_sfnt_off00014c12.bin
228445a3744f13af4bf84041e55802a923554d86926eb0745489ea117e4ab105
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14C12 1888 bytes