Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ff5d821997864a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-07-02 17:28:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 419134cd3ce097d4e455ee06c0aeebbe SHA-1: adaecdab8ead774879b7702729c281fcc989172e SHA-256: 9ff5d821997864a7474dcaff2f50bf1a04d07ac138810e2fd66d1bee7ec32652
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The document contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in callback phishing and tech-support scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9835

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://grawerlik.pl/userfiles/file/88297005582.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b110d0504a6---34018696795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pileshoppen.dk/userfiles/file/73619545863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maszyny.pl/userfiles/file/3588146950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flyags.com/editorResources/file///begon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gld-lining.com/user_img/files/8084973412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adreshosting.com/calisma2/files/uploads/xikozeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.varishastalari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160714fb669118---kigazojanavasofaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xinyuemu.net/assets/202106/files/20210624015944406270.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://seataclightingalaska.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f84c966903b3cf30524fc0e7c5b205dd/57326182678.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brokenspoke.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/533172d1c09a0a698d659b3eae96aa5f/22873456879.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/pabamitovozobewekag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://changrung.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79768458281.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jdhs77.com/clients/58520/File/37038071745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clair-environnement.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/70204510759.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.endthestigmacounselling.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lptgpnnmnun16m0dt2lahj92jo/kepelibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mijneigenlift.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b6636e69d6b---85929001643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savitapiti.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55087295860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ampletrekking.com/userfiles/file/zuxojegelafanixeduxidus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d206888d054---57295636621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.histoiresdegroupes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608aa6fb113cb---50426479268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://photojet.bg/userfiles/file/xufilurimawevefubulisul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/rolorakujajexuvezul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://citronixdeflection.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/deximanisasuxidome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertbah.si/files/file/vekogapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160822b9bca3b7---nivitasujuzavubukamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=time+and+a+half+on+sundaysPDF 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_off0000fa63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFA63 18212 bytes
SHA-256: 7744885852fa61e91a5afef749b6e6fe35d3ff058001156374964f46049d1276
font_01_sfnt_off00012a97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A97 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 3d7d96d84fd771babc2673230a60d48b5ee96d14f7543b3b9b3a83ac95d5b675
font_02_sfnt_off00014291.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14291 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1