Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 871d479b6919a2a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 22:19:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 6a00e0acccfbbc4a1457a10aa5cc5408 SHA-1: 59b0802e9f409a1b4d0a5852edbaf7d86b8b0090 SHA-256: 871d479b6919a2a9263d15742ef5ea5758c110bdd7fe57a745740321e873e6ef
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains heuristics indicating it is a link farm and a callback lure, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The presence of a 'download button' lure further supports this. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm its malicious nature, likely as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://spadhotel.com/basefile/spadhotelcom/files/21416633166.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://hzqzg.com/d/files/xamefujunikadodofuxugiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://californiaoptionsrealestate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c126e7526aebbe5b29657f82a3dd8459/lutabid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tanyadantus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/914908d081476eb00768f0df6e865c78/sevigix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibkrakow.pl/uploads/files/jejuxosafanigidovivuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0c2657df8e---92063814676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/vusominajifofagi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://getawaynewzealand.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab0d8031c89---xovorev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stdtekstil.com/upload/ckfinder/files/99529495865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lensprovn.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gojefekafowawuxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607246b6db3a7---75368700671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avantkart.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jpl79no161gsl63s051m78j6vd/86380629917.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arniestribu.com/campannas/file/nowamizokiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zh-huaxun.com/uploadfiles/files/katolutepukajusotux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160732a3ece164---nuborodumipavorixuzazuni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c950869db6d---karixekoriber.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081e05c28560---nokuditunosogexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/962354b3e44477e207a7afd0cc7346a1/41184730961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.socalgreatwhite.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b645182f34---ditozo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pk-kuepfer.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kujuxokamakapinimixukinul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gmonlinestore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ea70e668e4---15290447348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinturasoltra.com/images/slider/files/21412991879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=ace+puzzle+and+seating+arrangement+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://irodori.kir.jp/files/file/lemipewoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f085.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF085 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001089c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1089C 10984 bytes
SHA-256: 629decff7cb5f2102adc0fa2350c028be83649f81590160b713ac42849afff3d
font_02_sfnt_off000121f7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F7 17784 bytes
SHA-256: dc26b21436dd39bbfd62af93e3158de33bebad92186e5b3a29afd5b60c0e1e1d