Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b417995092cc949d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.6 KB Created: 2021-08-29 22:07:49 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 0956b5ec61432ae27099d8c7fa4dcc56 SHA-1: 472bd96383f03be6d5a2e1decd80010fd2ca882a SHA-256: b417995092cc949dcdcd74048e3c3a34497473edfeb4791c38ba6cb696b29d08
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate a link farm and a callback phishing lure, suggesting the document is designed to direct users to malicious sites. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, likely as a phishing or malware distribution tool.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9907

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://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b91c886b47---84401028569.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://animalscipublisher.com/files/upfiles/file/50813964691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rebranded.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce3eae4d49---43761144604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zonweringbelgie.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xejinipudapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvkumariajnkvv.org/singhania/downloads/file/losuzabisojakogen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hopkinshigh1961.com/clients/878968/File/77325665285.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fipjp.com/userfiles/file/xuzupujizuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ivelinabozilova.com/userfiles/file/7624457683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://michardardillier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ziwejibanejojafexaruvodit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhfangyuan.com/uploadfiles/files/puwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elvirajogsi.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/guroxitalipigaxomemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/14470544325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.eu/catalogue_dynamique/file/lekixotarujojapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alltechsro.cz/files/467828355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cal.lighting/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2ba8afe74062bf7fad462cf8523636ec/38093818524.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kindytennis.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c3f3382b18---xifebupadokabedado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agendaalzheimer.org/files/galeria/files/39684991600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coaching-scolaire.net/userfiles/file/55899988900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17cdb42cd9aff8ae86849128d5846fcd/vejaxiwixezexolifim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.firengo.com/userfiles/files/20715107775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zrdb-drogbud.pl/Upload/file/newebebifosuxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/77994138692.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proxus.nl/file/81354565553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/90897956676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.demetagras.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076bcb9c6721---93571236617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandrosso.com/js/upload/files/dewesagivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaooo.ru/uploades/userfiles/file/zikagebaxapub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=a+first+course+in+differential+equations+zill+pdfPDF 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_off0000bd91.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBD91 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d5a8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD5A8 10900 bytes
SHA-256: 8942fc0dee772da8a321519d19d5f4ad1e4c413955ccab9551fdd5c4b30c276f
font_02_sfnt_off0000eed8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED8 16264 bytes
SHA-256: 66e699c9994d8b3576bb6b221edea69e434c1f01c4432f704ac502969252e54a