Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8d249ede6ceba2a7…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-06 15:34:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 56733802be09c173dcc7d0b25d2b268e SHA-1: 86d8d3795e5b832ae51615906d1483799b44b60e SHA-256: 8d249ede6ceba2a7f957c4deaf23b72c12634bee36dc54e3e7643671bf09e16d
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution scheme. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. The presence of a 'callback lure' heuristic further supports a phishing pretext, likely aiming to trick users into visiting a malicious URL for further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=dominion+east+ohio+gas+start+service PDF link annotation
    • https://www.teppiche-waschen-hamburg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098e802c18f3---27859374998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecohost.ru/pics/images/file/39070585843.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadmoor80.com/clients/866172/File/xugopuwapalasilujiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vudafrique.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5b634b49f1209a53689e80683f11a05b/miginenawado.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/73549983443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asokmontridental.com/userfiles/file/kilozewil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miele-service-center.ru/uploads/files/63380690643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphi.biz/nbloom/fckuploads/file/12354199469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oticonshop.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jimet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/be5g7ec68o9in4c8kps2282g8r/lisutimuravobilitojopufoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f95ab87919d---89038103206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vilaportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c265b664c13---34581526628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aryajob.com/user_upload/file/82062448768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stylowa-pss.pl/userfiles/file/ziriwuvur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/tukanejuwolabifonuvito.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robertmatzuzi-massagetherapist.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f9814f2185---debilujudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/34411709642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://billedbutikken.dk/articlefiles/file/vejoguvamovizobilur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hongshengfish.com/uploadfiles/2021071405093051986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t28eoqbmjcvi5lagtascuirm3j/dudajelijinuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kopdesign.nl/userfiles/file/muzegegifejibeta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheapneasytrafficschool.com/CheapNEasyTrafficSchool/pa/trainstation/uploads/image/file/pigomimosagogogirawesebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46237b1041f9753c674fdf850ae360a3/fudiduvexetipubov.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_off0000f5ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF5FF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E11 18456 bytes
SHA-256: 3a4702f8e1b3e93f7d82609d73d1a07a2e00880e08c9dc6e972916735ebd10aa
font_02_sfnt_off00013edc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13EDC 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 4bf1749deb350448d42310d08e28dd31595dbad3381bb60aad59e650da441acd