Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 97ad9d082c020af3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.1 KB Created: 2021-09-16 09:28:26 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: b3a5a7a1d69f43b9203c57dfcec3c550 SHA-1: 007f0fec07eaaa2c5e20947e2a6e8a5b87d757f9 SHA-256: 97ad9d082c020af3f513dfb857c935681d5a431c449c20d266d939e97c181afb
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.001 User Execution: Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded links, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised upload storage, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the final destination. The heuristic 'SE_MFA_LURE' suggests a credential harvesting or session token theft attempt, while 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' points to a potential tech-support scam. No scripts were extracted, but the primary attack vector appears to be directing users to external, potentially malicious, URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 http://fslawoffice.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/wologinakonegipugikebuk.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://chizclean.ru/files/fck/file/tudawiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/93397621728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hamlineparkplaza.com/assets/amund/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47952209659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomalpocher.it/userfiles/files/taxexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://khodahoanglang.com/admin/webroot/upload/image/files/74205734237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alakharia.com/public_html/userfiles/file/woxemikasorukewuxofunin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.savininkai.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nifoxofalitot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sanraimundo.cl/dyn/uploads/file/setaserupuwuxodonig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lalitas-thaimassage-spa.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410a7489b12---degaziredijok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huabulaw.com/uploadpic/2021-9/file/2021091514371873499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ksboutlet.com/file/files/45293749571.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161428a882c230---54435756067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161361bc0d7b2d---wepajaxokivomerofasado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--bren-mgenwil-gcbf.ch/sites/default/files/fck-uploads/file/16355005811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://camelcarpet.org/d/files/zeliredugodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inprovitecuador.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17930071121.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prctech-th.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gimidigibude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacituran.com/userfiles/file/lazavevadufaso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sangiorgioautoservizi.com/userfiles/files/3896549249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.info/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liwulaleziwefadig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taichielite.com/louis/taichi/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25142663957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegrcinstitute.org/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/febanebutamovog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vertracapital.com/uploads/files/82866389579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=android+see+phone+numberPDF 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_off000108ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x108EA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00012101.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12101 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 9cae446f6d5f20564053d3591bb9d8622afaf669c57d835dd098be5970942776
font_02_sfnt_off000138a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x138A1 17756 bytes
SHA-256: 839e83607da6efe2a856db7a9f997c3f96e23cba2fb09b1ef7f6f3d0fd1966b4