Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e0b72f8f6fe12f1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.9 KB Created: 2021-09-19 18:57:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 88a769b29b94863e5fb8658103f0a7f3 SHA-1: 8834e3b11b04c8fce75e7de06be6ab1174aaef7b SHA-256: 8e0b72f8f6fe12f1c436c38ea54ecd578cbf6ddd6594a6e63a2a0ee56bc6c319
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised or disposable domains, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The presence of a 'download nba 2k20 apk' UTM term in one URL indicates a lure to download potentially malicious software. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=download+nba+2k20+apk+obb+latest+version PDF link annotation
    • http://orderleesushi.com/uploads/files/jesujirakinexex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140e28e5ba4e---52396056433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/276f47d98a12facc861e4fa7cd2e04f7/83318556101.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ledlight-lamp.com/mingyi/images/userfiles/file/riborozidejinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://samudra99.com/contents/files/90734164045.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://exam11.menapoint.com/app/webroot/upload/files/79614342579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toptenstudy.com/upload/files/BodyFile__612F26689802F.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terralis.net/catalogue_dynamique/file/rakozazep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://islaminkiel.de/webmisr/uploadwebmisr/file/57901165861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://placc.info/up_image/vitosomebexojevewewakinaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/47870604957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tagoproperties.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lukidezeraminigagu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guide-eq.com/userfiles/file/20210919110646_ohikr2.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2013.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23685959618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://voicelux.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/17d52282fc52827d32dd8c659abadc43/letamabubekabab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://foire-fromages-et-vins.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141c39f15379---12777234745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shopcloud.cloud/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sijanenujalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bernendorf.ru/userfiles/file/90575955329.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ms-beauty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/59865666449.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://juncheng.tw/upload/files/jizavibemuvuxopu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.farmaciapenil.es/userfiles/files/7525875251.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rugsinc.in/UserFiles/files/36956893961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cachnhietcacham.vn/Images_upload/files/29298164037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xedulichhaiphong.vn/images/news/files/piwovamezudivijedatoxora.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_off0000caf2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCAF2 17328 bytes
SHA-256: 7be86bde62506ee079d389197fe9b8f9b46b1f191f1be40fad5ef0f676cd1bf3
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7fb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7FB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00011012.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11012 11012 bytes
SHA-256: 31d14f8d7c2eee2757dd4c60353615ca75bbea3e534578d03870e6f938361f53