Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ab9ff3a17e7a5486…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 11:06:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: fb28fd07a72136da7aa53ffa83dc25c2 SHA-1: 56e31392eeb467fe7c80c4859f6f8b1fbc6d04ee SHA-256: ab9ff3a17e7a5486682227cec2d4c2ad16f0e9fddc5b358880a742ee6faf73d8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a callback phishing lure, prompting users to call a number in a billing or security context. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or trick users into executing further malicious actions, likely involving social engineering.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://hongsung114.com/files/fckeditor/file/9345415349.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://nepaltrekkinginhimalaya.com/assets/userfiles/files/jopifufumikiwefejolej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessnavigator.in/ckeditor/uploads/files/gizipojidarasuxuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fmworks.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h68c6gqm4hr8lvs8m1976k661i/55006839039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leise.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rizikexiperolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yankey.com.tw/demo/public/editor/ckfinder/upload/user_upload/files/34642655605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rtvpuls.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84022864649.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/59b7ea3e08a3a58719ce06b956ce054b/xunenototilatak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kfnmsz.com/upfolder/e/files/20210909140234.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fskyok.com/uploadfile/files/laxuxegezader.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nieruchomosciturystyczne.eu/files/file/76056611251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nic-irq.com/userfiles/files/vijafudopomalorufateluza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pannonfinanz.eu/editor_up/75153106079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://logenamerica.com/userfiles/file/netaduxonunes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://movitecnic.com/ressource/site-image/files/tevusewabitorukonabar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aromamahabaleshwar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bababaginogigodadosaboxaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.saraviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133a613196dd---xakekene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tageedesign.com/ssmpt/documents/file/detit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lotte-ppta.com/beta/assets/file/68735254268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korytnica.net/data/files/xemigunofupoduzizelig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autohausnschmidt.de/userfiles/file/lupuzirezuwejokesuluza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texinpack.com/uploadfile/file///2021091104415355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://methese.com/upload/files/408038481.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clubelsendero.com/img_pag/file/zutuwutipikakida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--fct5g39pjpo.tw/upload/leakstop/files/ximebuporud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=drum+kit+app+downloadPDF 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_off0000de2b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE2B 18056 bytes
SHA-256: f96b1c2b9ed6bba3d951281889d1e669a6f00448561d181cb2eff686c93f978b
font_01_sfnt_off00010d63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10D63 10532 bytes
SHA-256: 8ca14692ccb055f097d1e4035544ff013dbdaf5be4050a449c8c8324962ccebc
font_02_sfnt_off00012557.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12557 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1