Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e9937b8c1ecac31b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.1 KB Created: 2021-09-26 13:05:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: dfcaaa3245b61cd6d1c11c1cb45788a9 SHA-1: f37881d49c0b92d4b93c84c38650ceaeb3244933 SHA-256: e9937b8c1ecac31b2af849698a21884d36ffea2c839ba224586fc1918361c279
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a phishing lure, employing an image-only design with an action trigger to deceive users. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, some pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 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.
  • 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 https://samajsutra.com/userfiles/files/59934226691.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fotobolfestmeny.hu/mvc/userfiles/file/luresurosolupipekemon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afgventuregroup.com/cfiles/file/fozojopudamozaxevujiwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/51362774638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a20c6dafb195d873d792b938cb333235/13360895431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sts-logistika.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d2de94d163a4426abd73a2b15480e5d/47922912490.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://barcelonacentromedico.es/files/galeria/files/31114108673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anthonyjcincottalaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/riruwojuboxegawijada.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://audidalys.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pikalifipidogudifomoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbc.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buzapot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://protectakoteasia.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/47438873536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sainteuphrasia.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64817875105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://helenhotel.vn/upload/files/jokarebobusadebimuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://macleanpinesdrivingschool.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/248e0b7afb3b9d0fde746dcc4dccfdaf/junanarejitodokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lyzebrno.cz/userfiles/file/56923914683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tygodnikzuzlowy.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/87870049454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hefcom-hydraulics.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/41226464505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7sate.com/filespath/files/20210912182235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avandcie-energy.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/43502029536.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://songhongresort.com/img/files/nigiwedutota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhizhencn.com/filespath/files/20210918040907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lnshiyue.com/userfiles/file/20210913175133_697736927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://primeodontorj.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a512f86ab2a5c69cd0e4a495e067f29d/87102710341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brillimet.com/uploads/files/202109081634393242.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=driver+3+download+androidPDF 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_off0000b366.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB366 14428 bytes
SHA-256: 730185596b636cf2b03a78abd9faa47c57c6eb497af078b352f7bf544ff89c07
font_01_sfnt_off0000d704.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD704 10300 bytes
SHA-256: e8df29caf21ba0254781de90bf0227829beb79f84359cdd9affbf849049ab931
font_02_sfnt_off0000ee63.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE63 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1