Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a3e7570517aa3b0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.2 KB Created: 2021-09-26 01:50:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: a0dcdc7e82852d4c7287c8fb52ca8eb9 SHA-1: 730f20694aec74e5bec3d33971bb01adeec1f6f7 SHA-256: 9a3e7570517aa3b0501f141bf220fa7cf684aa1ed3389d6b4eea62e98ef6df45
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware delivery campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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) 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://wastran.ru/uplcv?utm_term=hacking+instagram+account+with+phone+number PDF link annotation
    • http://www.teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jesadufowixetumivamire.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://turningpointdigital.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53575292901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pdb401jpf6u35vnq4v33idd8a3/xefosaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tecnologycenter.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/19557779073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abyway.lv/images/ck_images/files/kunegibarosafaxifezifer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aumnat2car.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/50658423156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://landia-print.com/pdir/file/13186803933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ea962cf2e4---29562298868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anticacarsulaeborzoi.eu/userfiles/files/10451185906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--90afqerdlt1f.xn--p1ai/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46021734901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kabaretyimpresariat.pl/Upload/file/benolijezijesij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hzbmsj.net/images/upload/File/58694183326.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipavtoufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b10a4d3ee3c8b0c599feab7fb2967908/32979946973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16135335761736---68086024976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://datajournonepal.org/files/pekineluzomadifad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moonlightmontessori.com/upload/files/takibo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://faktxeber.com/resimler/files/gukoradaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fbda605cb1---84305039103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soc-in.com/data/media/files/72994638585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hud101.vn/webroot/img/posts/files/81371861240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutrishop.in/ci/userfiles/files/diwulomovegoferoxudurol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.pessin-location.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59333284145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wolfgang-photography.com/userfiles/files/27255038782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findmecakes.com/userfiles/files/19476806206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000b3f2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB3F2 11184 bytes
SHA-256: 2698c63aa441b6afe5340fb0ba995563c21c45cec6b5b631e338a56fd2bc430e
font_01_sfnt_off0000cdc8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCDC8 16864 bytes
SHA-256: 518567f8727e86fe5fe26cc240914cc976c63766bc26fcad242ddeac8de27913
font_02_sfnt_off0000f8a4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1