Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 08060b4ac8f37372…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.2 KB Created: 2021-09-17 02:57:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 0971b33c6b7d7db6aa389d2d370e1d81 SHA-1: 892ddbcf95e0fca51c886efc50bae12990c54b3b SHA-256: 08060b4ac8f3737229e11993bbd9cffe5aecd7001637e6f927f0d81813cd4bd5
216 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF file flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised or disposable domains, indicating a likely attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a pretext for user interaction, such as a fake billing or subscription issue, to encourage further engagement with the malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

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 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.
  • 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.
  • 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://dh-life.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42618698292.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shiksha24.com/userfiles/files/xesopubusiwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hizirferforje.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/images/file/92582510936.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gunyagder.org.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9n47ev97f18i0tq9dbv2sici80/13412320139.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wofanegitataxemejeziweko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euforbiabulgaria.com/uploads/pages/files/kilenazuxifelawakilemuzim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kermiradiatoriai.lt/images/files/wigikadusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oskarmak.com/userfiles/file/kupevegifesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.ro/userfiles/file/55907233358.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pointwebhost.com/calisma2/files/uploads/fojumabalamazurogupixas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161396ca64f93d---71549279042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbbo.handyfriendship.com/upload/files/57495452219.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bndweb.nl/upload/files/6117180549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarica.com.tr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gitefepuwanol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qbtud5b694qudpg787j4lsoqh0/romazenozivinogigalisis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://karpzbeldowa.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/22483525112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chuaphucluong.com/uploads/image/files/xotilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constantcontinuity.com/membership/data/files/dumilumilibajole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161324599ae65d---62948906190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alemotta.com/resources/original/file/palegowukases.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dazzlin.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6b320bf09ae0f4ade78bfe53d67d9f13/70070848685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tivicom.vn/upload/files/kazujijubanalefapej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acsalma.hu/userfiles/files/masiwuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lucidarepavimentimarmogenovaealessandria.it/userfiles/files/nurovimazajosibugitale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chickenwild.com/upload/contents/images/images/xukoxugodolapefikap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://digireg.gr/upload/jogopivigoxare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=download+video+from+browser+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_off0000dec8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEC8 17136 bytes
SHA-256: 5c32953a1440464fefdecaca5855fb612d2c4465754abfb14e4ac389258ae112
font_01_sfnt_off00010a8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A8C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000122a3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122A3 10708 bytes
SHA-256: 5d0e2fc38a0371a32467271d50cc40bb3091d5a43b8c118c6fd2874f75bc1e0b