Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9591daab5e1b7f99…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:46:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: dc9eb57ddcb2b2d0d95b4cdda16a6e9c SHA-1: 4942dcf011e24c8e23cda19b40bf14f8f9a6dfca SHA-256: 9591daab5e1b7f993f973cd8ff16191da8f8fc6fd43fbcec10e69beef6cf00af
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF contains a link farm hosted on compromised WordPress sites, designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure suggests a phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1efecf0917edc27cc5fb67ab4128ede2/71188286216.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3074b6fed8ebe15089e2f7c3e599eb0/10092597394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fortlauderdale-carservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e66a70a617d---batuvaduwiwovidemedex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a51d1750055---24349233659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sitycare.com/FCK-UserFiles/files/15434050349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfa23c8d90f---96295498338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.telsercom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a59fcfc3118---26951648136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coaching-jk-academic.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mutojubuzakixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jjpremiers.com/files/44716513579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ccveg.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/53i5c57ptk25bu9h6454o0e44h/5822666279.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurotechcorp.vn/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/9226861941.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://metroguards.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609d5b734c62d---36659944415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.limratechnologies.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077b99d96914---riwukakinoro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webhostmurah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f0c376e18---73164924937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://admio.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13938a2df4---9743563852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universe-micro.com/upload/files/20210726_201404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://janeunchained.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/866r724i0g1lfutcf952nc77iv/36002970855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://associazionedynamica.it/uploads/file/bumufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://horgaszvelem.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xometusesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fitness-sport.it/userfiles/file/maromoluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://braindevelopmentmaps.org/userfiles/files/24818125974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qqn408fh83j03bulrklsi7ei38/57584759294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ee1921409b---rapanonopewutot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/19483868237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=construction+health+and+safety+file+pdfPDF 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_off0000d779.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD779 16912 bytes
SHA-256: 88760f60692b8b82fb0d3864df51671021c8b74fa98da665d797690f0302f03e
font_01_sfnt_off00010317.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10317 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011b2e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B2E 10960 bytes
SHA-256: cfdcc1af4658c9ac7477ff541d80f428bf915f32885bc0abbce5acbb949f3070