Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8672b8cdeacf4401…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-09-20 08:34:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 01b71e2f0492e69e1a2271262648a0e4 SHA-1: 204eb80210be21fc1567c96a33e0fdd40c7e6fd2 SHA-256: 8672b8cdeacf4401c0fce73e40c5f8bc584d2cf128558edbedee5592c8916dc2
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate maliciousness. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' suggests the document is designed to trick users into calling a fraudulent phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams and callback phishing. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a phishing or social engineering attack, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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 http://lagrupacio.cat/file/kidozifomoloxefikurudu.pdf
    • https://www.dazzlingdecor.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161339921bd01f---31423717329.pdf
    • https://haltia.mx/sii/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vazexozajasuvojuvitog.pdf
    • https://www.hotel-palladium.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a4dsrjnlhqmukelmojod9hfpb/12464523139.pdf
    • https://malayalamfoundation.org/admin/my_files/file/8293848514.pdf
    • http://appinaris.net/ckfinder/userfiles/publics/files/55154777501.pdf
    • http://vrajacreation.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/81987028954.pdf
    • https://reazfarah.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nagorivepubatow.pdf
    • https://tepihtrava.rs/files/16284554655.pdf
    • http://pcccphucvinh.com/upload/files/poruteruso.pdf
    • http://lasermedia.cn/userfiles/file/gibopetelatawixas.pdf
    • http://drzwiukryte.pl/userfiles/file/97191204834.pdf
    • http://boatmonies.com/uploads/files/23028061306.pdf
    • https://comobrew.com/newsite/images/user_uploads/file/sexidusalogag.pdf
    • http://dreamwith.gni.kr/ckupload/files/85497364453.pdf
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/182bbcc4e26c01a430b9f4f889307b3a/panugosofosuwumozudul.pdf
    • https://mygoaltv.com/ipp/images/uploads/files/pewibedomuvoga.pdf
    • https://xn--1--8kcai1ck2bs.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6e9a759a525e1aa8e6f905b41590a67/94389956736.pdf
    • http://apartmany.cucoriedka.sk/data/files/46559150137.pdf
    • http://planet-for-events.de/userfiles/file/zonokesaxiguta.pdf
    • http://sictombbi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/65191698314.pdf
    • https://webshopplus.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/52620727344.pdf
    • http://123podkrovie.sk/editor_uploads/files/tufejugo.pdf
    • https://kuni.ro/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/zodavovenajebukaxuko.pdf
    • https://habibitours.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75092018485.pdf
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/33232633473.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=house+of+god+pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f103.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF103 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001091a.bin
a7e40254e80d967695952ca0e99940077ee8dfd0befd133d69783b61ccb8e44b
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1091A 10160 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011fb6.bin
d479f8c251835f8a6d3ece27c4f3056bd9a27145ec04a531a7d8194c76343111
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11FB6 18784 bytes