Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9a043bcec0ba085…

MALICIOUS

PDF

113.8 KB Created: 2021-09-01 15:09:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 5ffd2b3c7109b554e21b9c5b567f7dfc SHA-1: c35c9e83f7333ba73b74af7556c4e95be78382f8 SHA-256: d9a043bcec0ba085f54307cfd10980510685be284d0eaa2d09dfe7431a596258
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, indicative of a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The presence of a "link farm" heuristic and a callback lure suggests an attempt to deceive the user into downloading further malicious content or engaging with a scam. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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 http://dezmaster.com/userfiles/file/44073993458.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.davinci.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8ee6d470ae---jajedamofekun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/85191762105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heureka-cz.eu/files/gibofuzododuxifajileluna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7a917680ff---59550511716.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609acd38d7809---49457360777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaynhanh365.net/contents/files/wupilulupoweletex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arohitourandtravels.com/userfiles/file/74703544266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://neodev.space/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608167c29618b---pumixanipijevezezowuvowep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manpukulivermore.com/uploads/files/kapifekebubozivid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yjsyrj.com/userfiles/file/62632912302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cl-pub.com/files/files/44532052435.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1f23979b6c6a371a4fd57f4c42d4badf/34681730898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nakamurasangyou.jp/app/webroot/uploads/files/pevopodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tctnanotech.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/06fe0cfe583755ed2aef6357418fd256/13167719895.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cardealer-space.com/js/upload/files/39742225444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.agrosystem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4011cedd2b---zupowojipumoser.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/9974466392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://doitsolutions.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15ea11f38afef9a4ed4f29a1a425f481/gaxoperutufun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7hke46ecvfosngk58fdb7v078a/rukugesasolepefomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://birgatour.mn/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89214233527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedewakohchang.com/image/upload/File/ubefatovilidavupevi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://enjoy.sk/editor_uploads/system/files/20450661782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=comprehension+passages+with+mcqs+for+class+8PDF 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_off00015244.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15244 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00016a56.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16A56 19720 bytes
SHA-256: 52034c0f9373161ed251135a5c4362a7196821e30aaac7a07be848e61d4a382b
font_02_sfnt_off00019d99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x19D99 11396 bytes
SHA-256: fa45fb013beb5489dbe2b876660d498de3d56faaee2df34db88a545b5df49a59