Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 917e090e6cc7ecd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.1 KB Created: 2021-08-10 01:49:59 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 8a2bf6e4519550045458cce7fc980d24 SHA-1: 1ae44ead559c00ef4ca644eb2a8ea8c3edc0bfc5 SHA-256: 917e090e6cc7ecd12ddc608d32fdb0b3756075e55ae7bbbc405b196acb2dd0ab
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised websites that host further malicious content, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting and the use of UTM parameters suggest an attempt to obscure the true malicious destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9905

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160724f5294fd0---zoferipesalijikase.pdf
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vg98sq6v9ld6b9nsm7bpok75i2/64143458510.pdf
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb906b9928c---kaloderuwuzipigazejeze.pdf
    • http://fortlauderdalelimorental.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b5a7834005---zesuxefejufazawodo.pdf
    • https://bmw-zona.ru/uploads/file/dudazenekupipakerekinom.pdf
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/riloduvetodidabafijuwika.pdf
    • https://carpanea.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cf1b1c2bc40ae70f235c11b54cb5ea1/wakadelikime.pdf
    • http://clinicacomciencia.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8dff4854db---lufaxutisepeweridukurukeb.pdf
    • https://cvsc.co/userfiles/file/sogosixilo.pdf
    • https://vieclamlaocai.vn/webroot/img/files/92895564053.pdf
    • http://www.maderas-navarro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5497121021.pdf
    • https://fastcomputer.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a91517beac5cc8c8cd17a0ce4246403/kavesegusizi.pdf
    • https://tannhatviet.vn/upload/files/lanolijazupitob.pdf
    • http://majorpropertygroup.com/userfiles/files/14461857949.pdf
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/84108404965.pdf
    • https://biblioteka-koneck.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wominakixisit.pdf
    • https://www.propertyfilevault.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ce793f63f8e4691a759cf6b9f605456/1101567371.pdf
    • http://healthywithhart.com/res/file/79908770323.pdf
    • https://www.isnb.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c8e9b815ae150d0fcea75b0675bb342/38129030412.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/raxelitaxakewajogipi.pdf
    • http://e-hane.com/files/45229750256.pdf
    • http://copy2d.com/ftp/image/file/zijuzigop.pdf
    • http://kopdesign.nl/userfiles/file/57849993702.pdf
    • http://csc0532.com/userfiles/file/20210622225314_gb90le.pdf
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0959c4092a35e580bce55d513feebdde/11854419007.pdf
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/64381354933.pdf
    • https://4of100churchstreet.com/assets/media/files/wajufowozapavagunix.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+unlock+my+phone+to+any+carrier
    • 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f7ee.bin
b86d93a9e2bc2cd2e3d549cc88c0e0b10f9954579e0939ef239a6bc6433ad911
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7EE 10852 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off000110d0.bin
ee38c668d8ba80f27d7c033151f66889963660445c8732f8b43a8e4c8487e017
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110D0 17296 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013e22.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13E22 16792 bytes