Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f97768d533a31e9b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 13:53:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: b721ee28d8791c4d682b447587c7d205 SHA-1: dc5f57730665126771058d7838b4403926c5ef28 SHA-256: f97768d533a31e9b904c37a51dcd924ff7aac8b26d4acdd1b79c0fb40472afc8
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to obscure the final malicious destination. The primary URL, disguised as a textbook solution manual, is likely a lure for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/92030929751.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://e-skala.pl/userfiles/file/sajotefuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjst.com/upfile/file/2858957346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texinpack.com/uploadfile/file///2021080923430269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phelieuviethung.vn/upload/files/gebum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aironface.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8cb8806e8d6d1ec4bbbd256644a9dbc1/51977047841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falls67.com/clients/50406/File/viginerameganemapumoxefaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tiramisu-o.com/yamituki-n/uploads/files/gaguninosuguwumesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/647954868876c41a5a55245f6a7e677c/69131716360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f396437eb2f---6215005425.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sk-developers.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cca619d584---75000585965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iuoooo.com/filespath/files/20210816000046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akinmedical.com/uploads/file/67519778936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hagensmarketing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072b20855d02---12831913498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webmodeli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f0c576928---53390755113.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karinbentum.nl/uploads/file/99055936179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oneremote.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a488856cba5fa6432489e10fae1b72e2/nosiwafenaropurudajawu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5js24ve2ttaf36u9kf976pgec1/62240503808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sparkpro.lv/content/file/2340324368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalroomplus.com/bot/ckfinder/uf/files/fexusuvizogofegafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075f4bd06792---27681222423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vin-baietii.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zazazeposekudamelotivus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toshiba-center.ru/uploads/files/sekaxovopikesajo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=artificial+intelligence+a+modern+approach+3rd+edition+solution+manual+pdfPDF link annotation
    • https://sharpspringwww.kinsta.cloud/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b92fb746ab75a3af865dd28292bd5c30/91633362601.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_off0000ca48.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA48 18296 bytes
SHA-256: 67c8fb5463e9c42d7636823254a7a2aa5fa54cdbd7234d55cf5992b035c8a0b5
font_01_sfnt_off0000f98b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF98B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000111a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111A2 11320 bytes
SHA-256: e3fa46a204a14ca6e7836d046e5a078fb20c677058c88c24838e1fcf7e3698b7