Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91073893d9794f98…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.8 KB Created: 2021-07-07 06:14:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 88c872d4b4e576f0d24e35cffd881559 SHA-1: 03aa4a5497bd909d7b17996f042ca5f33f40fc51 SHA-256: 91073893d9794f98568c7accfabb1aa6c2b42661d2bde7f80c4e1218addc5fd1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious. It contains numerous links to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to host malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document's content is designed to prompt the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in phishing and scam operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://www.dolphinrfid.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160908a5420a6b---61830263605.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8b3e4cb6fc---14462628892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/78704434698.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cn-junsheng.com/upload/file///202152861292835.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aiwatopup.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73446260952.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b997cab3959---96116652439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a8727ce08b---27389609298.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asalsold.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2392630222---6810825876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agatanorek.com/files/file/41609243665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grupomarsamo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd6c7063795---saxujagojasuzoxuwumej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regalcabs.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb7ac65f198---maxetafuratuvug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://feldbach-tourismus.at/files/85148270915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.belladermeestetica.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099250947746---38698714853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://enville.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160838f127d67e---33310407947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://functionalmovement.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2548fff94329fa68188c8f11ff306cb/lulusuroz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dezsredstvompx.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ee47575b4d99779f3b71417ecc46da2/29338368156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bash.cl/media/file/dawif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e3318446e31---vizafokodedapabiweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmenuplus.com/images/file/77244433229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/amafafaruxofurikazewaga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maxim-catering.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f07pc3849jbd0arb33pmbtrpoi/6137652839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chothuexehochiminh.com/userfiles/file/84888685636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b1689b0edaa---95103376413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=associated+credit+union+routing+numberPDF 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_off0000eda3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDA3 17424 bytes
SHA-256: 92a3079109823ba81a95a49f7a63848ce46d49a35662252e350813752e055664
font_01_sfnt_off00011b10.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B10 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013327.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13327 10888 bytes
SHA-256: 6783a75ae55aacb981fe95f5ec5471f786b818fc7a1ce034aa1237853e4a2cfd