Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9250f548ffb7f8d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.4 KB Created: 2021-08-29 08:43:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: ee2dc1ea0b9923b29936c9ff8d84606c SHA-1: 66e141e85bd0e7549861a1737254da4232411d9a SHA-256: 9250f548ffb7f8d8c77df855fe3afc6cd31c9a8d07f8448cdea3471b67be5585
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document containing embedded JavaScript, which is often used to host malicious content or redirect users to phishing sites. Heuristics indicate it is a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, and it exhibits callback phishing lures. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely to trick users into calling a fraudulent number.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://samiznojmo.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a74f23b9c420f149ea2dc2c5f7786be/purila.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.goldenlantern.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ef5bae7067---75693499132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hemeringen.de/ckeditor_ablage/userfiles/files/9568027872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.solarwindependence.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15564175217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3df164590fcc2302d9b19eb2d45df606/budawimukigebizut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shiksha24.com/userfiles/files/1062294822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asianaccounting.com/admin/fckeditor/userfiles/file/3804932633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i6bmdd7veqegnikjs28317on9n/39763748348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/58522280588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guptajimarriagebureau.com/userfiles/file/saxakemugifenewiwitata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://uaqbakery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160821ee57cd76---62021091632.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zeguvietnam.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/81604389357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://instalacje-elektryczne.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pavamavupivilole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://publicbridge.pl/userfiles/file/juzomew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwcoliseum.com/uploads/files/lodopot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c96f46271e2---xibuxeza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ramseier-appenzell.ch/elrada/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/69410243357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/46090098346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sciencevier.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e183333c666---sasovubamadodus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guineaservicesproviders.com/gsp/files/75215282894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://archerelectricsupply.com/userfiles/file/36384605763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educhina.mn/editor/files/25387901478.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kppzp.pl/userfiles/file/bisuwonivutukebix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/efa0u01nq13mlh92q16pkfpip9/lozetudojemumuduzuwidilen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=security+plus+federal+credit+union+customer+service+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_off0000e4c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4C9 11276 bytes
SHA-256: 046e79ebba7a8224838488d5a4c260bd5c95baec4e7e348076717bf5a56b1c3b
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff0a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF0A 16856 bytes
SHA-256: 93daa4372aa4a040af4c0a6707f888dfaf3995ff7a5a69c0abafab3508ecc932
font_02_sfnt_off00012ac9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AC9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1