Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 09f0a76255aba3d7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 06:12:57 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cce215caf420fad562ab68ba4a537843 SHA-1: 6d5198d265072302ebd575f62ed6fb84b1aac597 SHA-256: 09f0a76255aba3d76ce27369bc75a787832d9a77b809413d96b7fcf0e669af12
236 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1539 Steal or Forge Credentials

This PDF document was flagged by multiple high-severity heuristics, including ML classification and ClamAV detection, indicating malicious intent. The 'SE_MFA_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document is designed to trick users into providing multi-factor authentication codes or session tokens, a common credential harvesting tactic. The presence of numerous links to external PDF files, many hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, further supports this phishing lure. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • MFA / one-time-code harvesting lure high SE_MFA_LURE
    Document asks for a one-time code, authenticator approval, or MFA confirmation — consistent with credential phishing kits that steal session tokens or abuse multi-factor authentication
  • 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.
  • 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://zoncmswebsitebeheer.nl/files/editor/file/kozivanadedurapuj.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://paneldeconsos.com/userfiles/file/67356628374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134a2780f9bb---60270200869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmgeducationtrust.org/home/vmgedu/public_html/public/userfiles/file/97647034541.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarant0g3l-turbo-h1t.com/contents/files/29683834585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://motionslam.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a74b2520234465f408b6dda045962ca8/najifodetojuzefilekofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teaterskolen-efteruddannelsen.dk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1901609527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.wm-meyer.de/meyer/admin/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ruzobibidaguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliguoriarchitetto.eu/userfiles/files/75791039219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abapaposentados.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134333fbbc1a---10133406872.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-07b6a75bc4d0.breakthrough-physical-therapy.com/userfiles/files/14502914697.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veterinarioassociatopacinidallatorre.eu/userfiles/files/32379925784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mfo-fond.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/Images/files/wakudepogorofilej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sassanoproperties.com/FCKeditor/file/78088073742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thongthien.vn/upload/files/vigapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tincorner.vn/uploads/files/4255549166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stfurnimart.com/file_media/file_image/file/kidesaxema.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolodezrus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e16b42dcf47a14c713f2b87df1f7a68/24545253788.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurotig.ro/file/xuvufezoradavufujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.laterveer-biesenbeek.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48383500031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613667e5d3390---96876582210.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://it-remarketing.pl/app/webroot/media/files/66055180457.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/30515946253.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pcwenhua.com/uploadimg/file/16318098291732229615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=android+kattappa+movie+onlinePDF 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_off0000e9ca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9CA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101E1 10524 bytes
SHA-256: 9a906c3819e332833398a33a95f5a13702f87f37b047c23bab9f184be97eea9a
font_02_sfnt_off000119d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x119D0 18788 bytes
SHA-256: 6a54f7952bdc8e76eb551bbc38c7db49cb8d36bdc0acbd5a8d363b6b6276343d