Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d65dd9fe26058086…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-09-21 04:34:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 0957a2615c21d4d9e0b9fc9db453f236 SHA-1: fa22a9efe5657e477fd70ef8668c11994143146a SHA-256: d65dd9fe2605808630e2c92fdd0cdcf050071ecaa6bc1984682e7aba046874ea
244 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links to potentially compromised websites, with a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection indicating malicious intent. The presence of an MFA lure heuristic strongly suggests a phishing attempt aimed at harvesting credentials or session tokens. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with exploitation and redirection to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9913

Heuristics 9

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=moviebox+pro+download+iphone PDF link annotation
    • https://thefertilizergranulators.com/d/files/sewedowofojiregelekekevo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nadiadsa.org/userfiles/file/fesodatosijumetebapudaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zhongzing.com/uploads/files/202109140703238671.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/snv90hvaajlh5fbk81hqg4s8a0/81454696215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitajeans.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vaboleguj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yourownadviser.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73020984963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olivermilk.com/tctt/sites/aaa/file/kebeloxera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wmasgroup.com/userfiles/file/dodaxirevape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://interreg-ipa-husrb.com/downloads/rafiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/tasajav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tidurmalam2.com/contents/files/17564473847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontaine-eva.fr/userfiles/files/jiwasewunep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cy2hand.com/userfiles/94738930907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.barrau-philippe-sedeco.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72788914891.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://union.travel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75996576947.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://handinhand-daycare.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/57654564021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://productinfo.in/konadnew/userfiles/file/jipatevijedugaxodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2990592.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/79792447348.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://srmtteaparty.com/uploads/files/202109041116139413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://totalyoumovement.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e653b301a2---rulolukirus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akonis.ch/userfiles/files/pulogezurapis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://service-panev.com/userfiles/xejiniwujokatet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trumoi-khutrung.com/upload/files/kidax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alkalacarservice.com/public_html/userfiles/file/buselolugolekuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/20217121055.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/csoujb5fkrp5tnnldsuk00mb3c/82983349814.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_off0000fb39.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB39 10608 bytes
SHA-256: 9c6cfedc82d64057ab6b734e6fa5a5a6585d9e8275c007fceaef11f7ed350770
font_01_sfnt_off0001132b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1132B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012b3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12B3D 18792 bytes
SHA-256: 811ff4bcec30dac4a5dc2aaa79d2e329a0779deab49eade3e8569249ab2aea76