Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e956c9c19add7126…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.6 KB Created: 2021-09-12 13:04:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-03
MD5: 560d1d06dec8b8c38c51577be9d156af SHA-1: 4a0958e3d8027c055fb070f3e1b5e861d22a3fc3 SHA-256: e956c9c19add71262d50b6b40c8a0a38fa71718281e6af755307ef7b83cca355
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, a common technique for hosting malicious files. The document body, though heavily obfuscated, suggests a callback phishing lure, prompting users to call a number for support or to resolve a fraudulent charge. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous embedded URLs and the overall structure strongly suggest a phishing attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://xperion.hu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3caa60bccdbf7a769642fd9af4f1f93e/47734637748.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fliesen-brill.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eb8a4d6476---mosirozezixejet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cofetariafraguta.ro/UserFiles/file/dezux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opusincertum.it/userfiles/files/nalidovaxuridizabagafabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mandalaconfeccao.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161315accda3cb---53092714750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hungarianassociation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f93d6d1a79---fupenowitizufuxogenoner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c7d786c920d106c55d48406ca0ea39c/63164369284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://4cmedica.com/ficheiros_upload/file/60767485356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hmed.vn/upload/files/53135427663.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.thediethub.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133fe54df8a0---tixizezofiraloxukujete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c1dc228831---mavewakonibojelav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://semagro-msw.ru/pics/images/file/3750383785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vejwun.cz/images/gipenikowaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://winterwonderlandzundert.nl/uploadimages/files/ridupezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lindseyderence.com/userfiles/files/newevisegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leadershipcareer.kr/fckeditor/_upload/file/92647778378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robodom.si/files_vsebine/vusegifexerijogokovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gemwishrs.com/ckfinder/stones/files/68194868385.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/pajoxomulasodegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://starcity-vinhomes.vn/app/webroot/img/files/35107311826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aire-limpio.com/img/editor/file/najuwek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snnet.kr/board_pds/fckeditor/2021/09/file/12123238988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mudrberanova.cz/userfiles/file/93148673256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133c728b77f9---wojape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alperbehang.nl/userfiles/file/40911808103.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+transfer+data+from+android+to+pcPDF 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_off0000f92e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF92E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011140.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11140 18108 bytes
SHA-256: 72aff5e5ba8ee8a9ad79e8a0faf30910cb784d3ca45650e3414e7d21ab91961e
font_02_sfnt_off0001400a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1400A 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 32958b4ff46025743472d3255c14bfd5c969eeae8d133d0dd9833860f8f487aa