Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d9bced7047443df8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 23:28:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4de390738805325d85a344a1098e9342 SHA-1: 7613403856c39561108a57675577c51b987d5eaf SHA-256: d9bced7047443df85ca111a96d175557df09d9a3f7837334f9c1395b498a6d5f
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a phishing or trojan distribution attempt. The numerous embedded URLs point to various compromised websites and link farms, suggesting an effort to host or distribute malicious payloads. The presence of a 'download button' lure and callback phishing indicators further supports a malicious intent to deceive the user into downloading further malware or engaging with a scam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 8

  • 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 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.
  • 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=cen+01%2F2019+pdf+download PDF link annotation
    • http://ingmontagna.com/userfiles/files/bofaxakuwebazovigusekuwa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b215ce66e65---45997146330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saraelv.no/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f316764325b---xanegadufak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pinpointfeedtech.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/53797957209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160905eb234876---kolifep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://christembassybarking.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b429fc3a8c55ea64dd1896baad8f9cd1/safuwasunetuwiwebaxikosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://22vek-omsk.ru/fck_editor_files/files/duzabobegibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vantainoidia.vn/ci/userfiles/files/64202904256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nceed.kr/pds/userfiles/files/vemedajob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teplospectr.ru/images/files/50746918640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/kowozujosovamajotitika.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082e6d60bbe4---fowupowibevesam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thieumaunao.vn/workspace/develop/uploads/ck_upload/files/mopazozigozudeli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://magnachip.cn/userfiles/file/20210509110408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stoka-saarlouis.de/userfiles/file/17265473095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monarchwinemerchants.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a764d8452888e4854a44849e83e65b87/xatutovufitepexala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.orarestauratorisaf.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e62a1da77f---nalenidas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/92106421980.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/195f762ba9378f375af61f130bcb52fd/98842799986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dopuskvsro.ru/UserFiles/94390043646.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://primaneighbors.com/userimages/22269497345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asesoriagade.com/app/webroot/files/files/46282258645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rosemonttherapy.health/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4bfgf1qj9031bf5l1128q66un/12142728160.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_off0000ce4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE4D 17992 bytes
SHA-256: 14634c2a0583757c89250405cc9c3ea6d2a26ab9a7e382e5978a3c6d2c7268fc
font_01_sfnt_off0000fca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCA4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000114bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x114BB 10644 bytes
SHA-256: 75ce0b8b40d6551684de8ee1af9531e45b29785a06832c70d802c36acd901b7b