Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 9ffc1c036ea84e1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-07-07 23:50:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a0118b035d378f06e3797cbf86b711c6 SHA-1: 0e1147d6d43e366764b32e25660b8742058c1176 SHA-256: 9ffc1c036ea84e1d905dbf9900f3675f0c11452cce18c0fa031061611d83bbef
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The sample is a PDF document that contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing or tech-support scam context, aiming to trick users into interacting with the provided links. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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 http://biotop-zamosc.pl/userfiles/file/munalojijigire.pdf
    • https://bjsteelvietnam.com/upload/fck/file/vojudakosifamoxa.pdf
    • http://www.naturapreserved.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd1ae27b8e8---nozexafifexigepasatifej.pdf
    • http://dunajecbiala.pl/upload/File/50478012017.pdf
    • http://heilpraxis-pankow.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0107f5a2fa---11552901532.pdf
    • https://www.schroedersales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8301e7b82a2d83607b558fcc5a4cb944/fonujukuposiwodopilas.pdf
    • http://protech.com.ng/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078c9f72eae7---zobage.pdf
    • https://patriot.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j22ed4161022htarfatp8sgib5/3602781871.pdf
    • https://sbufficio.it/file/81343169027.pdf
    • http://www.jcca.co.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e51aed9540---17675138294.pdf
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/radolerubasijuwusiwe.pdf
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a26da2bea3e8d905b727c79ad4d7b5d3/bamavavarujuwedejeg.pdf
    • http://frickcontrols.com/uploads/files/vutolakozume.pdf
    • http://quickvideo.nl/userfiles/file/43739796897.pdf
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a906f705d7a---wazaxezej.pdf
    • https://sofanet.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuvupebimotivixut.pdf
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be2ad1ed7857d2f7320003b9beff305b/nugagemetezobadonabiz.pdf
    • http://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ec14f9fcf9---lulumujikilo.pdf
    • http://saigondome.com/uploads/userfiles/file/fogizelevekojogepoxira.pdf
    • http://cappellastudio.it/userfiles/files/depabiveti.pdf
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160922c010353c---28469120896.pdf
    • http://congtyvima.com/images/Download/84054659016.pdf
    • https://aquaticlandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df81abbe99e---pinaz.pdf
    • https://legacyltg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/131119de8e0285fd94398651ee92c13e/vusudepavalajuma.pdf
    • http://shsalumniauditorium.org/clients/f/fa/fa32e32112b7cad64a7d7e78b95ed61b/File/75746567103.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=simplifying+radical+expressions+with+variables+worksheet
    • 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_off0000d741.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD741 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000ef58.bin
6041900763d59eb0fb4e4f28128406b19d1416012e3f61f5c1e188bc41299f43
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF58 11740 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00010ac6.bin
278852fa0b1ac682d44b20e35cd75bf563683c1fec986e4b79211fec07554853
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10AC6 16740 bytes