Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9e416ae171ef1420…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 21:43:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 7badad8fc85ee891a3f54047b1dd3841 SHA-1: 139be43ab6e6c1d82244556da8c02b72b6cdd3a7 SHA-256: 9e416ae171ef14202e4b498e45c60bd6ac2159083eee3e66e073f95a475d44d4
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of a 'download button' lure and a callback phishing context further supports a malicious intent to trick the user into downloading a payload or engaging with a scam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://anukulagrotech.com/userfiles/file/42209942829.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a19416e5142---80758074656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rybczewice.pl/userfiles/file/bepepuvowazafegezinekunid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b71929c9a4---xejili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qsgrb500790rt9lkhb7vt4eggv/29818779474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavaszitura.eu/userfiles/files/wogekexoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rszm88.com/upfolder/e/files/20210830165651.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://launensia.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1176744994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://annabarons.lv/files/files/runonowebojuwoburasikit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3522244790---89358767040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/38ba761d0a8c11e6406d9f8aea7fe3d8/zumoxezunusivimaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161140cb0b9d07---76275572467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirrorgallery.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160794eb56c88c---bebobujoxozinopojuzinane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajhansnursery.com/userfiles/file/53680473397.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://magnificenttreks.com/userfiles/file/soduwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/zutosarejatalibewilogenup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hpx.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7ab3b09a8902ef9441e222b5cffd672e/46465797589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prestizhstroycompany.ru/SITE/files/editor/file/binonaniginode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zapret-rf.org/web/img/podborky/files/punudum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sarajevo-inn-grunewald.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fe5bb7c5cec---86663089908.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myclubowners.com/userfiles/files/58904646787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hysansam.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/potuvuvajumisike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://md-bud.pl/szklo/photos/file/92041097614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=household+items+beginning+with+zPDF 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_off0000d9b7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9B7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f1c9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF1C9 17956 bytes
SHA-256: 8b887261e7fd28376fc80bbc1710d2145698dda68058b476a08305d6fa9370e4
font_02_sfnt_off00012084.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12084 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 4f905d237dd25393ef903769fd11884700ba31d273a5c5d6961f1f27f1ca2f77