Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d186fff9d2bfbee0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

96.4 KB Created: 2021-07-12 17:29:46 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 280798806e7474b16376ab6d530ad20e SHA-1: 690d7b3616320c1900369b3065b17ac55dc5cfb6 SHA-256: d186fff9d2bfbee0bb989fc9e1d98288c5e1392af821bf5945f7bea71c7ee089
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. Heuristics indicate it contains a link farm and a callback lure, suggesting a phishing or scam attempt. While no scripts were directly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics point towards a malicious intent to deceive the user.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9918

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
  • Clickable URI points to raw IP address medium PDF_URI_IP_LITERAL
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) action whose host is a literal IPv4 address. Legitimate documents normally link to named domains; raw-IP destinations are common in disposable phishing and malware-delivery infrastructure.
  • 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://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/vobewarenodanuf.pdf
    • http://erbilsunhotel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ft02609ptn5kq24u4o27jf6565/86513854975.pdf
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf1a9d0647d---78066206388.pdf
    • https://melz-feu.ru/upload/18572024796.pdf
    • http://phillipwhiting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7c79445ff0---tugotakoxaboluvavexas.pdf
    • https://www.modianodesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160823f3a15c93---dinelo.pdf
    • http://nek.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bccdb56c4ef---48759219107.pdf
    • https://www.grandeprairie.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ff7674b7a---70505520231.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a2f1ae7b83---vurelisujitubozevurud.pdf
    • http://tradeweb.es/userfiles/file/89662481534.pdf
    • http://xn--12cmi2byac9cdhd0hra6d7bxkwbgj1gch.com/user_img/files/77768644268.pdf
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70f0deb11967cc447ac0c83681a94967/75148310036.pdf
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1c30d133b92f7d3f7a25101858c1c143/biwaxadavedesen.pdf
    • http://bhsclassof70.com/clients/a/ac/acf0241a72c9eb28a719a759cf8a4748/File/gavibiwudam.pdf
    • http://faurerom.com/userfiles/file/rixifew.pdf
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5db439c22---29622606382.pdf
    • http://www.advancedevents.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160869b5e78f06---zelurimipim.pdf
    • http://mvdeastudio.it/userfiles/files/kutopotawokaresuniwuxij.pdf
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1bfdd0f020---kapokilitasal.pdf
    • http://hondaototananlongan.com/upload/files/gumarisawovagokupotokavez.pdf
    • http://katachizu.com/img/news/files/49741186543.pdf
    • https://concertwristband.com/resimler/files/likowarugoruvek.pdf
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160761e9f01123---67377657491.pdf
    • https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae753d012ce5f4d77f3f8356af2cc754/nifefupulebetezab.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=anatomy+and+physiology+by+pr+ashalatha+pdf+download
    • 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0001096a.bin
1800292a7b30d5a86801e4a096a43896efaddcdeb26c7b5d3a06a76cf4e5b5c5
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1096A 17800 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001385f.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1385F 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00015076.bin
dcd0838e204ab6a0d8681d113c1c25fc103f16f50a749d37a71e928769d58778
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15076 11136 bytes
font_03_sfnt_off000169df.bin
c682f0a031ae9038e612f3e6dbe8a682629e2cd7d9f2ebcc6a095d66b64120d8
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x169DF 2052 bytes