Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 807ebabb90363cd1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 03:31:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 49fca40e115e10abcded204149dbaab3 SHA-1: acda536e32784d60c9725e8577f752dc2af2884d SHA-256: 807ebabb90363cd18a2b9750d5501f40cc723bb9b2127e1230c067ec6816fcc9
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm and a callback phishing lure, directing users to potentially compromised websites. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to trick users into contacting malicious actors, likely for financial gain or credential harvesting.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://sieuviet.net/webroot/img/files/xijilolusufu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://jerseyshorepirates.com/userfiles/files/mewurenomimepivog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elektrona.cz/files/file/xerisekopuvovibonofipujog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/96433381283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aucordechasse.fr/vosImages/muriwego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://farmandari-sarvestan.ir/images/news/files/56209109018.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f091d1c327---xutudoputagowofabisepuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.abcklima.hu//data/editorfile/12200434562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5225d258c4---zusug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dishandspoonproductions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14622992521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shukokai-voves.fr/userfiles/file/8119321783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://youngthisyear.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fubudakadomijunebedosal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dh-cell.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vekewivemot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chinahkcarplate.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083ab37ac2ba---39815278729.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alkanboya.com/files/file///soweluvazifo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://privatecambodiatour.com/userfiles/file/relidelere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d5a0a6e15b3---tebarun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beewellrx.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/mitexedebamidabijoposim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bubblesoflove.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8e39cd8ceb---tejuwufimutikajoler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cgt-fo-csc.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607495525b825---98806373374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.capitalroofingct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f4e5c6e65---nitijanotaluseno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://senhewood.com/d/files/62394015672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purpledoorchurch.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089403d1e00c---4376515774.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://regiefranchet.fr/userfiles/files/3632369497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doorsatyrau.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tefazuxinopadosarap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://korea-labels.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83189303898.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=leave+the+gun+get+the+cannoliPDF link annotation
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6f6fdbd0c21ea5097404a023767b3732/dixipopeb.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_off0000c566.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC566 16932 bytes
SHA-256: 3eb32251093bba7cde4e119dc8b06178700b476a5eed4b49e36deb3c72984cf2
font_01_sfnt_off0000f107.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF107 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001091e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091E 10364 bytes
SHA-256: c8a6decee23860358f638a69d574bf97285a26fdd086af79e70366ce38295cb2