Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a9a4a9a3ff1dc50b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-18 20:29:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 84c8fa4e975ce41f922f7c45fe16bbcd SHA-1: 3aa2cfd14bc2f9f9ee19d64e19013565323b6f27 SHA-256: a9a4a9a3ff1dc50b3d5ec5e5b03d4bd7d8e25d942c1ab9a7914cd4a761d019ef
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a callback phishing scam. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript indicates potential for further exploitation beyond simple redirection.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/54946188760.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://joebalogh.ro/imagini_ws/fiwaguvofemasuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jnnjhansi.com/userfiles/file/62769235261.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://izometal.net/mm/file/19920248024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://towa-aaa.jp/userfiles/file/tagenozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gsnursing.in/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xasolixemulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starcity-vinhomes.vn/app/webroot/img/files/kukulaxodutub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vncdata.net/app/webroot/uploads/files/53979853932.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aecc1bf1cf88df4582f7a163b3d10755/topos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vandiestbrandstoffen.be/uploads/files/82068446240.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://audit-advisers.com/userfiles/file/15907830703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://partner-support.net/user_data/userfiles/files/ruvezutokinifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thediamangroup.com/_images/files/xibaripinisizapijekalazaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dgssu.com/upfolder/e/files/20210912185619.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ryyw.com/upload/files/2021/09/202109100558458390.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ville-civaux.fr/admin/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21578084183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thibidi.vinadesign.info/uploads/images/files/kijupuwamotufen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bc628396fd---69606194467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gosselindesign.com/images/from_fckeditor/fichiers/75812975730.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czpohledavky.cz/userfiles/files/tamulajevapejifemel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161437bc837948---39941302176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ytbozhuo.com/upload/file/121951372748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136326ac25a6---nuzetamev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23050921374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130cbc5106c6---jijufozam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=final+fantasy+sonic+x1PDF 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_off0000d06c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD06C 10340 bytes
SHA-256: 0aa312ba980f39e17440effbb47ffb5efc9ffcfce0071c763cad95186efe6fb3
font_01_sfnt_off0000e7f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE7F1 18216 bytes
SHA-256: 3dc22613dca26d2d2a785f5769d6d1218b5e1312aefcc31c60d2dbefa15e539f
font_02_sfnt_off000117c3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x117C3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1