Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d09ce74a5ab76f94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-11 15:03:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 8833187fd819ccda9aa5ef498328b986 SHA-1: 73ebd8c150bf8b3b389a8ebc469de467a93a2137 SHA-256: d09ce74a5ab76f94c6610748369f8e647506e5956ddd19d0e0f92ec17b5d2d0e
224 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting. The heuristics indicate it's designed as a phishing lure, likely to trick users into downloading further malicious content or visiting credential-harvesting pages. The embedded JavaScript and link farm structure suggest an attempt to download and execute a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 9

  • 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 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.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=restore+photos+deleted+from+gallery PDF link annotation
    • http://blossomtour.net/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210906_5B167AED160DE825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pathtojanna.com/userfiles/files/vesalarafexakot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timatey.kz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8iu30k1uecnf5pqae9eo7oech1/sarolidirugigasuvemude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.co/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ebe7a3554e---zujewupexudexufujefuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riccaassociati.eu/userfiles/files/gusavokakosoteretizazijet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viveironativodevicosa.com.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92296988064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telektrans.hu/editor_up/97811366086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corpeverest.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/furatanusatitexarup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agrihitech.net/media/ftp/file/4117220382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pebyte.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0gjddc3ipaah02v1d1ufkjlu0b/xulibivesudek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://galettedesrois.eu/userfiles/file/41115641873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matsusushionline.com/uploads/files/xitajitipari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stthomasorthodoxchurchsouthpampady.com/userfiles/file/xavutusudovisej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ciesol.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pejunotida.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gimhaejazz.com/fckeditor/userfiles/image/21112963853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dush-kz.ru/uploads/fck/file/15205065085.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://decoveinvestment.com/userfiles/file/fimunejisira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nexapos.com/upload/files/sivelixabajon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antropolog.ru/userfiles/file/82028080721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmaciafoglia.eu/userfiles/files/46078272485.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a108b6bfeeb2f65bb0ecec21d052ee0/25723505780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bijepivasibox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://careersourceokaloosawalton.com/files/public/96985675490.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_off0000b262.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB262 14044 bytes
SHA-256: f66d00b0f89c55daf9e9a4b613b6196de9c8f8be0a910257b658ca070539a7e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d541.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD541 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed58.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED58 10908 bytes
SHA-256: 9ad47e2574ff809d2271d3c196e69ec63ff246f11c6bbf778038b739bdcc1f47