Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 91ca1128a912ec6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.0 KB Created: 2021-09-20 10:02:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: a3fe02ba7eb448490718168282cfeb53 SHA-1: 8e4bc52e50210f9350fd362cfb94033e1350108e SHA-256: 91ca1128a912ec6e26a8216924d14e1de2c62e20cd5ed82a6553f5b8ba1050f1
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The file is a PDF containing multiple links to external resources, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. Heuristics indicate a callback lure and a visual download button, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading further malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9943

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.
  • 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://www.donboscovizag.org/images/files/87248647751.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://erdenetpost.mn/userfiles/files/95626141420.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puguk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlasautoglass.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c8b614ab98---gemujamavonope.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skuplaptop.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139f1ff3ce2b---63058464194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161364dc3c6be8---85598330668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://takramaipai.com/mypicture/file/83604019541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhshf.de/File/motatitifenifake.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalybm.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1630505518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luligang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41762772772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.medipratik.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161479512cfc79---65976232940.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c134d907291b447ab12ebcded01f0dc2/zemazuzivalalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135b3d1971b7---xoberesigewokizitawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olamare.com/img/uploaded/file/gadijigipaxutuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://interstudy.net/userfiles/file/bilebujujevexadutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escolacaritas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613d04b7551a3---xefubanojit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luckyfood.itweald.com/uploads/files/61419db21ef24.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioiulianella.it/userfiles/files/17562419752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huerural.com/uploads/image/files/39512238836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestpokeya.com/uploads/files/welelumogeto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sevgiliyevideo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144e23d8d04c---juserulofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://speaklifeiamgreatness.com/files/files/pokemabanuvavubonibaton.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychotherapie-dr-albrecht.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161352d12497bb---79885376167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130db69da450---93502845282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/nuvikitozojok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=kof+97+apk+plusPDF 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_off0000c994.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC994 10224 bytes
SHA-256: 82cc7ea1f10950359d4484e89e9343524bac8ab29e01698e224a3981c64c63ef
font_01_sfnt_off0000e0cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0CB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8dd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8DD 17800 bytes
SHA-256: 6f314fba629e4dbf10737ef881f4b3a7adea3aab9dcfe377bc95c0cca91d5434