Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8a7a62336e2f3793…

MALICIOUS

PDF

78.8 KB Created: 2021-09-16 19:12:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 30765f887db7cc733631a4bd21652813 SHA-1: b988a35baa6e81d26c4b1dd7dc18db38e24ef6f0 SHA-256: 8a7a62336e2f3793f8ec073d47c5c998771eff525b6c72bbffd50733d6d80288
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure and a callback phishing pretext further indicates a malicious intent to trick users into downloading or interacting with harmful content. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=android+1+com+naruto PDF link annotation
    • http://staresecurity.com/userfiles/file/nadodurozilanipujowesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ngocminhcnc.com/demo_thietbimay_24_7/upload/files/79846651885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicobonoli.com/userfiles/files/40190531057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://33podarka.ru/pictures/files/bafodibi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laundrybyconrads.com/nbloom/fckuploads/file/jewizeguwizaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9d7ffd5acf195a4ccc4d13f56a255570/96261379611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mackielaw.net/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/repofipamuxev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62816532995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://davidfoleyinc.com/userfiles/file/76080401599.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613c3cf9e9d15---1233052087.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nb-magnet.com/upload/files/84289447472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yearbookplus.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/92342181199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136801017be7---94302534553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tahitotfaluovodak.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5421263846.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pnalog.ru/images/file/segitibateno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://phucatgarment.com.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61964489021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baust.edu.bd/app/webroot/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vokafefujelitugaduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dc-a0dcf319a153.breakthroughsport.com/userfiles/files/kefuwemapowopoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.florentmaussion.net/userfiles/File/37518983610.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://german-ex.com/images/blog/file/zadola.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snft.ro/media/file/53376608201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.polni.si/Images/files/85480451126.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjurylascruces.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ivqn2n5v3s1tf2gf47agrppbil/jopokijawijijalufowusowag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gotoko.com/cmsv2/upload/files/zosevimojesixase.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kop-trans.pl/uploads/userfiles/files/kafosume.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_off0000cf0c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCF0C 10320 bytes
SHA-256: bb3b48c4c3fb6a25aa4990b44fec0d9c863c3fb70c99ecc3957c1171fec8efcb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e656.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE656 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fe68.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE68 18192 bytes
SHA-256: ec151683f272c9fc84080d8ca53b9f3f5ad6b61205488b699cb8386fd91657cf