Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9c4e167af5bfe2a9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.9 KB Created: 2021-10-03 21:59:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: b6219f9522f63720df737d177c2746c3 SHA-1: 081fce7d259cf52cc9112f72d04d96553f7f2526 SHA-256: 9c4e167af5bfe2a9e28ce7fa294a6b4b7566084c48e52264013b79644dc5d9cf
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or redirection scheme. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document may attempt to trick users into calling a fraudulent support number, a common tactic in tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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://zippy-inc.com/app/webroot/userfiles/files/33334310176.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://snabavto.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614be781eda56---mizadizekejitufavimofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afma.pt/site/upload/file/45587217235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tcihk.com/userfiles/nagixugoriwuwenufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inijariku.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44041594424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://windfreeklima.com/upload/ckfinder/files/wofelunekogukew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ismet.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39547678444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.xcelsus.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137f9da59b53---21133221512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130279d7d44b---34543971054.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://swiss-ex.com/images/blog/file/41772224027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svsteinfurth.de/radsportfiles/file/koduketasemopufip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontivo.ro/userfiles/file/vujufolikaxazomirev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161505ec02c795---76562343134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kokomanis.com/contents/files/pafazotebopekijizanigit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ntep2008.com/UserFiles/File/lifisipevinusufogogegolel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://astprom.ru/sites/default/files/file/pekikof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c203bee31f---jelasexokitilub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ladna.pl/user_images/file/27048005233.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nemdanangpho.com/uploads/2021-09-29/images/files/pimekiji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161370014adccd---48173038491.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614652331538b---rexodutagumejinam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corkpotters.com/images/wepotikeme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senegal4d.com/contents/files/tovug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kultmotor.hu/images/files/73870543412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yugreat.com/filespath/files/20210921144319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=talking+to+the+moon+lyrics+and+chordsPDF 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_off0000b1d8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1D8 15260 bytes
SHA-256: e639f1ae8d3379d57e60237fc89a6fc66a81075a64226fcaee9d56d07e054051
font_01_sfnt_off0000d8d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD8D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0e9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E9 10984 bytes
SHA-256: b90a21a41d40a97e628803a9827ce264462d90a95c1cb67771985866981355c9