Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de9376c840fe74e1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.0 KB Created: 2021-07-14 00:05:29 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ff74b9d1d4246b6ed7f3fde1a94d8976 SHA-1: 4049539efcd2fd5d6de40f652fdc1b359d549232 SHA-256: de9376c840fe74e1aeee47d4cdc5deac25fc2092f75457cda11f975c780be121
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-severity PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK and ML_NYX_PDF_MALICIOUS. The document contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The presence of a callback lure heuristic indicates a potential phishing or scam attempt. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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 https://tuabogadoangel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8a9e12327e6d3d222b439625fc210bc5/tekomamemepijatevebepokum.pdf
    • http://stevis.cz/files/file/rifikif.pdf
    • https://thucphamtruongxanh.com/Upload/files/kawusefijuguge.pdf
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cbaca9ea23---21535078338.pdf
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160710c8439049---lofifotazedazok.pdf
    • http://wildpflanzen-planung.de/file/46889445912.pdf
    • http://capmar.eu/userfiles/file/6169266009.pdf
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e23c5c18a7---70620884346.pdf
    • http://www.cargeacrew.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606eeebe2fd01---xaxenilolaferotexonulaw.pdf
    • https://chrmglobal.com/userfiles/file/95388184193.pdf
    • http://techbis.pl/files/file/84728912517.pdf
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46cf3b8914221a1122e7a75579419781/10954256013.pdf
    • http://mariopresto.pl/userfiles/file/doxunizokol.pdf
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0506cd76c2---27457277022.pdf
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086f30b12d5e---27545723249.pdf
    • https://okvino.it/file/15921531809.pdf
    • https://aimara-bg.com/userfiles/file/pazivegegimupataxituj.pdf
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/091917481501.pdf
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085fa7519319---55336325672.pdf
    • http://duda-tech.pl/dudatech/upload/file/36646695085.pdf
    • https://www.citysecurity.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/shc21coefem4posumrm4acaaua/19935320086.pdf
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9llhf8gnikrlftgo4eb4kgl585/2456845224.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=wings+of+fire+bengali+version+pdf
    • 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_off0000e8f7.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8F7 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001010e.bin
712fc3026fee87af338ec0c744ada954b69e3f7a91c281cc252919438f60b4ac
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1010E 10772 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011987.bin
6ae9524a14d7c7664c1daf51b09105987d4cf37e10354bdb75b0645d0d29ae82
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11987 17220 bytes