Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b9084caa6fb04eba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-09-07 19:21:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 7c0eaeaf6933b673cc86efbc3fa7236e SHA-1: 6e896f5ed06d066ad9400b0c10c3a2d62fa95131 SHA-256: b9084caa6fb04eba085b960932370db5bf460a2d5b10b39fa5cd824dd35447a1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF that contains a link farm pointing to other PDFs hosted on compromised websites, a common tactic for distributing malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to trick users into downloading further malicious content, likely a phishing or trojan payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9897

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://gonguyenkhoi.vn/upload/files/jebevopagidijusorerumaw.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://purel-biopharm.com/upload/files/todemo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bocamvigliesrooms.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/21237eda6621dc869a2e9b290f8ed1dc/zawoludodob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80akij1ajew.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160707743db950---koxovugoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608bbfc3b752b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.miamiairportlimo.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af6a90d21f3---90954536868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allnatureint.com/userfiles/file/3968469834.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4grd.com/cmsimages/file/99341681618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infrabud.eu/fckpliki/file/90239763634.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://guruamardaspublicschool.com/userfiles/files/17044261821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://altelaw.com/uploads/image/file/94490876415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://endoaccessories.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ae6qsu16j8cs0sbmspbl2v6r1p/9799099950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mrpokedb.com/uploads/files/zavijizadefadojabikepepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elicopter-de-inchiriat.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa02d5c4c64---besawejawowazako.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://janandpoos.com/clients/872640/File/lunaxowutasapumuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vanillasky-ch.com/images/files/lazixajunabatufos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goforthegreengolfpools.com/userfiles/file/26318386154.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scvumaichiramen.com/uploads/files/73742867909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infravoip.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85be0ed898876e863c6aa13c41d3e961/34896208055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spreefahrten-berlin.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/42ustoaa4jvsr913no2bgfs4bs/27797491748.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--p3t29jo1ed4o4xw.tw/upload/files/45644758345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://armiikrajowej36.pl/public/upload/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87629099283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-energy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xolabewodipedipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocalderini.it/userfiles/files/kilaxirijebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coxfamilyreunions.com/clients/5/56/566bc9ad745482f371977770c3e6b383/File/takazuguwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sweetestspaparty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d02d17b756---31849923352.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/66439133974.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=tiamo+2.3+manualPDF 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_off00010231.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10231 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011a43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11A43 19768 bytes
SHA-256: 8b3a1a80ee338a81b97b6728b06946bffb80ce314ac406369cf7cc2f74a11c72
font_02_sfnt_off00014d61.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D61 10192 bytes
SHA-256: 85bb3a61a5bf41254d0c58b2de45a7789a8bf6f3f53fd92c4086dc3321408039