Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8c8767b40fd54e97…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.5 KB Created: 2021-09-06 00:21:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8555165af5357f2d8cba5c82e0404af7 SHA-1: 2465f5e8770147500c20be614e15002446f7cb2e SHA-256: 8c8767b40fd54e973eb9e3b5b193f3966483581b0998453f98aa436262a5f439
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing or callback scam. It contains numerous links to potentially compromised WordPress upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of embedded URLs and the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly indicate a phishing attempt designed to trick the user into initiating contact.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://apsencollege.org/test/fckeditor/file/4702562318.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://artsketch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e671a68afd26613eef132f42f1c254ec/15300007442.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://livingcircles.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba6caa43cf1---39756829408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clear-es.net/yamituki-n/uploads/files/towidumew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kclandscapes.com/ckfinder/triplebuserfiles/file/24508786109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limpiasol.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ff19f8aa29---batosowolasibubog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://camel-republic.com/media/userfiles/files/12024165137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hotelamadeustorino.com/userfiles/files/baxox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ddms.tw/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210703141229.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fentesmakina.com/paket/upload/files/busuwulotedefiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7oegjqfr48usgkg2hp8pigd846/jobulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.corridar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3ou46a0m1bmh0nk0pq7calgpo2/83256098217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pgvu5radl7bk8cr274v8m47uir/fovufevuwilamotaxefopet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cctechlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/31905222249.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfdd8b2f8e5---15480387209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efcosmetic.com/uploadfile/files/kajadidisoximegeviben.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tipsclubcr.com/campannas/file/nezip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1careglobal.com/upload/files/72852254284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://transcendenceit.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08027570518eaa822611a373a89b9828/saxevomezozupisotemezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kabelkyaobuv.sk/editor_uploads/files/kafasaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ltu51op02licku06aeqm8toi9g/munireg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e506813c95---48159132033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tznjl.com/userfiles/files/vokokibiwadepusebosajalip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://linhquan-group.com/upload/ck/files/84186724679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=sony+digital+recorder+icd+px312+manualPDF 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_off0000bac3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBAC3 18392 bytes
SHA-256: 6dd776010fe5791c0505393bea0a3c6aee832cef1e0cd22b9a154575a263354a
font_01_sfnt_off0000e923.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE923 11424 bytes
SHA-256: 2a42ba20011012ab3b62c16f1902790ce115fa86197f16248ab3a66fb99ea058
font_02_sfnt_off0001040f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1040F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1