Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09b3d0e882bad40e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.6 KB Created: 2021-09-02 14:27:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 9be54dc3aaa7f320f0b52766bd59acae SHA-1: 24b82fe7f379abc6d259353c97cfb9bebc9337d2 SHA-256: 09b3d0e882bad40ed40fb067fee7177cbb456d02a534c703329d57ca570d50ac
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing and trojan delivery mechanism. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites and employs social engineering by presenting a fake download button, likely to trick users into installing malware or revealing credentials. No scripts were extracted, but the overall structure and heuristics suggest it's designed to exploit user trust for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • Browser extension / update installation lure high SE_BROWSER_INSTALL_LURE
    Document tells the user to install a browser extension, plugin, viewer, or browser update to view content — a common social-engineering path for credential theft and malware installation
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://saharun.org/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nekilifov.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aec9f227667f556fde0a3cd821dd941a/memanejoxinijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u23rgf714r4q8t091jui7kecq5/xutizakemeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edgecs.net/documents/15120588773.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6a022aa611fd2265aae22769a2a5974/72632908142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://247hvac.ca/fabulous1/uploads/files/molasapewirosokatujovisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://edukiya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41ba68d281aac5ccc2a20bc9526491e4/silibepowomuxiruwesedax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ystechpro.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/lanukeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vdbergelectro.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b533fedf0364422ceb28576aadd00f9d/56551566280.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d48434dcc6---46826359052.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://locthanhwindow.com/img_duhoc/files/vukomirasunogitowotebira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tkpmission.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b7fd0e6dda3---771403862.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://majortaylorride.info/images/uploaded/file/43435369753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://banner-ever.com/ckImg/files/sofuvevumewotegawar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-park.es/img/uploads/files/83355513320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bladmedyczny24.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5f66c9704266ccd3ec104d41d82a285a/72567556153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc-0898.com/userfiles/file/20210731035047_zagsd6.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://porterbrothersltd.com/app/webroot/uploads/kopomem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irmascaritasdejesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f60e59ed43---vubexojuzonarap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ducthoaudio.com/upload/files/12957947492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://np-laser.com/upload_fck/file/2021-8-2/20210802044609573142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mondzorgvesa-voorschoten.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760f3ee6e05---muxofukexatosareloli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garankuccu.com/upload/fckimagesfile/f6046b34a3c32f2412b8658846c075ca.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/gapazezawotefedegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+clans+guide+pdfPDF 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_off0001062f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1062F 19080 bytes
SHA-256: e96833e9f8b9e36946ea18ec360c3bdb815ca6bd1f7c6b8f0a0b924a0cc1f6a1
font_01_sfnt_off0001382c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1382C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015043.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15043 10832 bytes
SHA-256: 4b83956436fe33b09a1f08089fcae70bd2581151d6d3abc3b2eecf3187cbc9ce