Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09bd344da057d1cb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-14 02:04:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: f99487a21071d250f67c93f8dce5eedf SHA-1: bd08c7064c9f7ccb4ff0d0a0ad447432a8473b0b SHA-256: 09bd344da057d1cb5607f4eae3a32577311e54d813dccf23df0e35e88adbdd38
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and ML classifiers, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The document body is heavily obfuscated, but the presence of a screenshot lure and link farm indicates a deceptive tactic.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 69 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://nomylo.ru/uplcv?utm_term=clash+of+clans+free+gems+generator PDF link annotation
    • https://howardsteeves.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32e1fbaf6287778ee109745383c6bae5/97294886014.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sm.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95984177761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vonschickenconcord.com/uploads/files/sopugef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synowka.pl/galeria/file/kodogilimupufuxenetot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purofirstli.net/userfiles/file/vutil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e2ingenieros.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/badukonoxidivimegijas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leebyunghun.kr/new/upload/board/files/36195473165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613418341f117---fanapuwitimepopajagopukep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidequipment.com/public_html/userfiles/file/divenunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.putnamtaxi.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136486c5bd21---nafodez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weilandensemble.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/34528376368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belovosushi.ru/files/57010230765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gordostcrista.ru/userfiles/file/rimunuresubowofofowe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topnotchimports.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55556694843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2017.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84025581455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://popa.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/69bfa4c880e1d8a5fa32734418c3afb0/27772116828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://electronicaindex.nl/images/uploads/72980484466.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pogewitilibibarem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://utpcomp.ru/uploads/files/naxorifamujaxugab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aukuras.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rododaxunuzifogezaxakam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hodoan.net/userfiles/file/50899678860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caudafotografia.com/userfiles/files/nemapafewabujoxafur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://parfumerieindex.nl/images/uploads/fadinoxaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stamforgtechnologies.com/uploads/98779498728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://etpatatietpatata.com/userfiles/files/11257758937.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_off0000b54c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB54C 14196 bytes
SHA-256: be0b2f8683fc5efa3ab4e71bee947f5a75522b43960fc2a1aa0543d42650edf5
font_01_sfnt_off0000d848.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD848 10724 bytes
SHA-256: 3cd2b15e465e2bb1969ffff785b5c87e4224a2e71db3a5f17621ca08a27d47aa
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0cd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0CD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1