Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9aaf6d3a72e5266…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.5 KB Created: 2021-09-16 23:47:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 01696486564ba3acd727e9570323ea7a SHA-1: 15b9a2f348eda7a93ad3b7844a0a2c845b4faf04 SHA-256: e9aaf6d3a72e52667cc3ba3ef6d5a2cc5b52d106d0800861fb75f596fede4d0e
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The presence of a callback lure heuristic indicates a phishing or scam attempt. ClamAV detection and ML classification confirm the malicious nature of the PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 https://archism.ru/uplcv?utm_term=custom+rom+phone PDF link annotation
    • http://gamecoast.by/uploads/files/97808851511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trainternational.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cf9e0a9b9f---bimopamo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topas.lt/userfiles/file/jiwudeboreputaxefivones.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seatraderhk.com/userfiles/supimidusavixuzunek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lngpetro.com/userfiles/file/xigetasesutiguvuwile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipfish.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613156eee9222---165619790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--hy1bt45apoap01a.net/jangheung/userfiles/file/27206794232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rajhansnursery.com/userfiles/file/32926519073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uat.ideadunes.com/projects/ideadunes-portfolio-site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b8c07b9dee---topenadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1qjd.com/upload/files/2021-09-05-23-34-37-aUKqPerT.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giriconsultancy.com/content_files/files/logijumojekalebatutej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fantasymusic.it/userfiles/files/kuridixarafapedof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artepcb.com/upload/files/sesevixipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://istanajpdua.com/contents/files/tovunoveg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ueros.fr/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vusozupatatugav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gea99.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/basujezoked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boothbayharborshipyard.com/userfiles/file/54309623476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tch.lu/files/files/84232532011.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boldino-hotel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55825236502.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ausztriasi.spawellness.hu/upload/hirlevel/files/3960167852.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artepcb.com/upload/files/5918869513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-leather.com/radsportfiles/file/55629774798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arsvet.ru/img/upload/jadunevosoxut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://104.156.58.56/~web2inbox/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f15829e666---tumagifizivadalalujukot.pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://ophirtonhotel.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614234ab6e42d---44267055907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://curewelldiabetes.com/userfiles/file/ludeguwuwilidume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000e0b3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0B3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f8c5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8C5 18572 bytes
SHA-256: eb4ca1bf361dbe0f384ba89dcbfa6db019eb51c738bac4489169fc315f0bf2c5
font_02_sfnt_off000128eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128EB 10348 bytes
SHA-256: 0a09942b6e9d8957bc7e7c7be47a4de19decde15254f2c982555f15a60cfee4d