Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8799d1e02eaced12…

MALICIOUS

PDF

137.1 KB Created: 2021-06-29 18:33:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f22f877cb62aa6abf6a866d36b3a9681 SHA-1: e76ae9706c4828385963ec233fdc0da446037a58 SHA-256: 8799d1e02eaced1248e5be4d263134f3f523525345155019e389c207a548fc64
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics and a machine learning classifier as malicious, with ClamAV identifying it as a phishing trojan. The document contains a link farm pointing to various PDF files hosted on potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or phish users. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely prompts the user to call a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams or callback phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/49270457733.pdf
    • https://regeneracion-capilar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e06507e453d449ee8dd8d40eb96711d4/jezimata.pdf
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/jifuwoxaf.pdf
    • https://www.landalastadservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a791308e108---burigexajokosevapideza.pdf
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/94008727096.pdf
    • http://alexhofford.com/temp/files/file/tusejukavemifatodalifonan.pdf
    • http://anandamsanyal.com/userfiles/file/tomepojoduxawegasimes.pdf
    • http://vladjurnalist.ru/archive/file/mezufixufovugesexevidot.pdf
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813d6392436---43282013335.pdf
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/57927218535.pdf
    • http://pierrevillers.fr/mairie_files/file/gitexot.pdf
    • http://ehs1958.org/clients/73155/File/6216507969.pdf
    • https://www.mybizwebsites.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609be120cba2b---sowodejuvogeguxu.pdf
    • http://mcgrathpc.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/36414863163.pdf
    • http://vietxetai.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c42a0k4e4orpn6bihm29l8r2rs/82682957952.pdf
    • https://www.perfumista.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c10d0844a2b8e9cc83fb2e88ba9ba1d5/61356687446.pdf
    • http://aarogyamedico.com/userfiles/file/7718573736.pdf
    • http://ifa-astrologie.de/userfiles/file/tabaxapujufizowekejof.pdf
    • http://101-games.ru/images/uploads/files/tezenow.pdf
    • https://alismobile.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c173f8cc71a972aa70dc3d908ca67e97/82716247637.pdf
    • https://event-connections.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c446a9cacc---diditisimi.pdf
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f482083261---nexosaravoli.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=the+rules+of+thinking+pdf+download
    • 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_off0001b639.bin
3d048b3bb2396657f660c83314eea6f1c25887883de831aebced6edb51bf21ee
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1B639 11020 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0001cfa9.bin
f8dc1f4d07d07861952d957352dc53d81fb7d6c5ba285cb0696b21b72ffa29d0
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1CFA9 18300 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001fedf.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1FEDF 16792 bytes