Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9d4729d59b0c5954…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 07:16:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: b83ad2fe60a7b4ceaa71dfec4ee30c26 SHA-1: f1c3ab1036e58c57d5ce1e27e946d704739f6357 SHA-256: 9d4729d59b0c59545bc2234e01e3c7617d715e7eb45619004f1bd07b5e368597
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple heuristics indicating it is a link farm hosted on potentially compromised sites, designed to lead users to malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests a tech-support scam or callback phishing attempt by prompting the user to call a phone number. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with malicious document delivery, likely via spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://iaetindia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gekonamamesonagukenu.pdf
    • https://na-nule.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4mkdou115en9nmbd7gh1torqq1/79205965255.pdf
    • http://totaldeliverancecathedralchurch.com/clients/2/22/22dae496a1749ae881e6bee195142b05/File/99917629832.pdf
    • http://golden-candies.ru/webroot/files/files/51672876181.pdf
    • https://www.inkfactory.pk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606fd859d81a2---12346218901.pdf
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a7929f85653---loledijezolifofi.pdf
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aa7ad0ff0b1abdb1cb2073dccb3226b4/gabufagekusemupilenavutix.pdf
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/96724260238.pdf
    • http://japan-railpass.info/images/blog//file/1229850174.pdf
    • https://best-turbos.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f67338a5d268a5e72fdb970432a932a/2652404978.pdf
    • https://flexrocksrollovers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/g94hb9iinngdpij5v04i2ni4tu/24474788179.pdf
    • http://playfromhome.org/clients/4/49/49939bf6a151252ba1adfe53d1befa29/File/1371327071.pdf
    • https://leunamgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a06db264fd0b2a3f7562d261b34e2c3d/41790805083.pdf
    • http://airconbank.com/upload/fckeditor/file/gewazarevolexazowokanof.pdf
    • https://stewsites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/045a72335428a38c3803d46a56e20874/fanatulut.pdf
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9v8duv789s467f4qbamdakra75/juxumaroburo.pdf
    • https://dm288.com/slicice/file/29255560568.pdf
    • https://1sis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609815b28db62---fokewazobo.pdf
    • http://learnazia.com/fck/imagesfile/11289175903.pdf
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070ed2090d67---83072524751.pdf
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a521bae9a7f6bb85dc163b654f7b687/35864936455.pdf
    • http://www.sec-ollivier-associes.fr/www/upload/file/buxakanibop.pdf
    • http://automotiveenergy.cz/userfiles/file/zeronodojofobufiwef.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=interior+and+exterior+angles+of+polygons+worksheet+with+answers+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000ee2b.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE2B 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001063d.bin
1ad42a64b93a3d81be75912648827476c1a4b156497d8fc5e801c32d4c52ddd8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1063D 18068 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013683.bin
95e8fc857b1e8834564241e42f03cd76c5fa0335f4d97500d91790d2879f7ae4
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13683 11120 bytes