Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9190df8405da3d8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.7 KB Created: 2021-09-10 23:02:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 8cf80f903e89aa7f54b12209bd98cfc7 SHA-1: 5f31850deb15a201bb0802c6aa10bdd118578bc5 SHA-256: d9190df8405da3d836ad5d6f6469f0cbefcee308ca3f2c305654cbf3c7f97b2b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, including an image-only design with action triggers and a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads. The embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many hosted on potentially disposable domains or compromised WordPress sites, suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' further indicates a potential social engineering tactic, possibly to extract credentials or trick users into performing an action.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9837

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
  • 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 68 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.
  • 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://findusafranchise.com/files/files/varobofipilam.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://edv-denk.com/userfiles/file/zukizufanoperazarotug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kahasat.cz/data/file/16580310386.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adgroup.co/userfiles/file/rotewu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://radiosmile.hu/upload/file/pawababerid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harryreichert.de/uploaded_pics/News/file/68656368387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adirondackseafood.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/taromorawesi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karolinanowak.com/userfiles/file/70634001523.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leresto-niort.fr/images/userfiles/files/88682215995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://himalayanthailand.com/image/upload/File/tavonuzivamirub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antik-cafe-bergen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613b2e6b9b000---bolopefil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://woodwaysindia.com/uploads/migokesizotefakan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://training-solutions.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161378d8f9ab5b---36825702131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://organicearthfiji.com/documents/file/76656699933.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iword.de/userfiles/file/41609632887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioguidobarbieri.it/userfiles/files/78749166897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e447cad09984a59222e4f51ef6712b7b/92328010564.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vietnamairlinescorp.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10059079230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autohondl.cz/userfiles/file/guredominajuxibetisu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pzkexie.com/up_files/file/41190282040.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doradcyprawni.com/images/pliki/wilojuwikoxifupasifofasu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://touristclub.in/userfiles/file/varetimib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biorenta.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rudirowofogusenuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nezrenweb.com/calisma2/files/uploads/41991008101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.spoton.pet/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qhbfv3r5ap9qbrpgc63tqs1ge2/65447737472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajej.pretty-match.com/upload/files/sapekodanuridojofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oishisushigd.com/uploads/files/30696716948.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+back+up+chat+in+telegramPDF 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_off0000b1f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB1F5 13800 bytes
SHA-256: 2bc9595216b7c644f434c96e0ea37fe0646ec43d6262d618a8eb4a51d1a7cd6c
font_01_sfnt_off0000d3b2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3B2 11064 bytes
SHA-256: 7c29ad89fe655840494ad96099741008b28cd52685757d56421528b3fd7f0474
font_02_sfnt_off0000ed18.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED18 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1