Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c9af9924f89d58ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.7 KB Created: 2021-09-25 02:07:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0026b627d95411bcd9365886ad9308f8 SHA-1: daed12bdf850887c6a6e8e561c6262950ddd3366 SHA-256: c9af9924f89d58ef007000b09da640354fc6a146e839e1a928f25f235dd84954
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple URLs pointing to potentially compromised websites hosting other PDF files. The presence of a 'Callback phishing phone lure' heuristic suggests a social engineering attempt, likely to trick users into visiting the provided links or calling a number. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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=g+major+acoustic+guitar PDF link annotation
    • https://ddshower.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/morexixisemupovonowuvazow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jiab.net/userData/board/file/33466475613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appli-veolia.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/futobugaxubovatobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beverleyannes.net/home/beverley/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65694001383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://claudiodauelsberg.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614532ead36c9---fawotalatinizupesur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kxqcgs.net/filespath/files/20210920234623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qzgj.cn/upload/file/68758367132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131dc30c092d---45598600543.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hz-kontejnery.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/54520529164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://web300k.com/upload/ck/files/77727411784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osakaav.com/userfiles/files/japebaxelasoregekofuvowu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://needlugs.com/userfiles/files/falekilavepajekaleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tsegypt.com/file/96093460460.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airmon.hu/images/files/mugep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svarovanijelinek.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57729132018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kingsauto-bar.com/js/upload/files/jizusuwobepibomifagafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.clubmanizales.com.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133bf8baf505---81365214840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://german-ex.com/images/blog/file/78370272665.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artospace.com/pics/file/75616722256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iamgoingto1996.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141894607c9c---62681282658.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilybarnes.com/DEVELOPMENT/VERSIONED/emilybarnes/trunk/sites/default/files/file/67299106507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guowangcable.com/d/files/64802616250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nktrading.qa/file/files/naxunawunidufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profm.hu/files/file/99126381971.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161391d47cdc06---disesifolazema.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_off0000b45c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB45C 10560 bytes
SHA-256: c5b77c5e86ca2a18a99cb2023a4f3fed5a4785aae378e08f51ed69a01175b68c
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc7e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC7E 14640 bytes
SHA-256: 13f01957d7065779c3bf23773b2fb83cebe45bdab404e2ecb928d2481ddf85b2
font_02_sfnt_off0000f0e5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0E5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1