Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9a78e18c5f413ca9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:10:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: ea37da41c2810e9cab3334343a2e65ec SHA-1: 626239e8e835c415690687c71bc15a5de795822a SHA-256: 9a78e18c5f413ca9b2a3dafd45a4e702ae0601e56e0a081ce9de331fcb5d5b07
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple domains, some of which are hosted on compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or perform SEO manipulation. The presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicate a potential phishing or scam attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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 http://artospace.com/pics/file/33213954963.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b3a7a24d0c4bc609250039e70aa0322/dakov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sinoorchids.com/image/file/purufoguritejeburow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://divorcioconsensual.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e7795b42ab1c9abf19e878646d1203de/doditolukilorejov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indiebookoftheday.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090285d0b2ec---malifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://keralahappyjourney.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43549266808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fcl3de5eg72lnfe6kqungdsqf5/dojalawawim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bertoniamministrazione.it/bertoni/public/file/89198207045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mtmhomeschool4art.com/mycms/uploadedimages/editorUploadedImages/file/rafanoves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/680d83ae80ade552acfdb772952256ff/setizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1455006a65e97e3934c66fd51a43d5e1/lewubakokemewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yizhu580.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizuradibagolowunutoxevep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aspaeng.com/files/image/files/84988295020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://irish-setter-zucht.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wageviwanuzati.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/luwurabokawimexefoboka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laptopserwis.com/app/webroot/media/files/53343864068.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gima.ge/admin/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/puninuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarsurdurulebilir.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pims9jo5lu5a8eqi0suifre6r6/31844946301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cpprkmcot4sngmmfg5ndalf0k1/75142006822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://salubrismd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af1f58c8985ff8da36a7dd4b29fb9ef0/zejopuzasugonovirunagij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b8413f59eb1719e41726f5cf65cee73/50366578083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capitolmetrophysicaltherapy.com/userfiles/file/79523975730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://calienglish.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/81279073283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=rainforest+cafe+menu+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_off0000def0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF0 18612 bytes
SHA-256: 8c244663e4c6f0d86439b767a58c6313b75243c2311d2b75010735cc06415ea5
font_01_sfnt_off00010e84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001269b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1269B 10880 bytes
SHA-256: f212ce86ce18818245c0faa8daa4188da3b40930db2888042442a5b6633dfa54