Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9afbca41cfb6040e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

72.5 KB Created: 2021-09-21 13:06:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 1e07ee2f7291729cf1eccbc4117d0567 SHA-1: 9b62efd3e032dd5fa640e7ab453168e6c7baa507 SHA-256: 9afbca41cfb6040e67346e8162bd681b232325edf272674ae411f7d48e5fb8c2
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam. It contains embedded JavaScript, likely intended to facilitate malicious actions or redirect the user. The document also functions as a link farm, pointing to multiple compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host or distribute further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://ladychief.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4fb2ef92c346a42a0cc62fdc6ff3fcce/muwogulebo.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://f1com.ge/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06a13700c32a4b7546ff9a2ad9ad2051/80940251599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c86249b0de---82745687935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tajesink.com/Uploadfiles/files/46260995661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/wuwuxidigosinetamobug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ladulceseguros.ar/noticias/fckeditor/file/76123743490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acevina.com/webroot/img/files/99674728616.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioarclab.eu/userfiles/files/60077986725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bebaldebaran.eu/userfiles/files/gurutajub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--oy2b9bv81anouola.com/upload/file/202109190512509586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rowadhr.com/app/webroot/upload/files/95188082455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/epc93a91a5aatg393vnu99heac/wuvupewalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/206a764da271f61bb7f38ad52554bf54/21696804738.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trucraftsmanship.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161408b1aefc0a---wamivikodosejud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuborh.com/natelinhanew/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34325101322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balcimimarlik.com/resimler/files/64454692381.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofagiani.eu/userfiles/files/fuwik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wamsconference.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6e9de9d5f4227d1b811a7353ebeea72/17698375556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtoolsrental.com/user_img/files/67556456414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/fidewapez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tofuyatogo.com/uploads/files/zidinogeperonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gearonlaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/menerixunugatomali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613083a60bfc7---kitup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gemma.lucien-sv.info/uploads/files/61420ba705bd3.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=50+yard+dumpsterPDF 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_off0000ba7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBA7B 16292 bytes
SHA-256: 80bacd849cc344d302a48af7bc8bf933f6bcad1746cf530ab5ebb5d628ad07e7
font_01_sfnt_off0000e441.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE441 10564 bytes
SHA-256: e783aaeb3b0f12613e756b25892305b312bfb907141f1ebdd5913875c57af754
font_02_sfnt_off0000fc80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC80 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1