Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e10efc99541bcd2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.6 KB Created: 2021-07-19 13:51:44 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 96816df220ec10cdfa0d3ea2654f89ae SHA-1: 75074beb7efa25379bf39ce5db268da64692c7dd SHA-256: 8e10efc99541bcd2e41a7a003c98d1a96d22defd7656863cda0fa60367bb20ad
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to numerous disposable domains, many of which host other PDFs. This pattern is indicative of a phishing or malware distribution campaign, likely using spearphishing attachments as the initial vector. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9948

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://sayurhijau.com/contents//files/24498111344.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://liburnia.pl/userfiles/file/gexivegazumiraxik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhuoer.ltd/userfiles/file/woxanapugezinaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d285719c3f3---mifax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/gitetetetabopil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://airfa.it/userfiles/file/65970900496.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075667c7da11---57099871507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://londonvipchauffeur.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d328a51f1fadbe1f89b8071798561722/89974337958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9g7g8flc6ss8etr085am5c2sqd/46493804308.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elma1.ru/!upload/files/53177686851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ne-moloko.ee/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a9c82ccb68c3a588892716c6289a7aa/kakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weforyou.it/userfiles/files/judosof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://am-assets.com/aom/magnolia/userfiles/file/jukeduridudoxiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.goataxiservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160984d5e225e2---55733515073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asfalon.com/__files/file/22446625918.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://blissrenewbeauty.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/vidofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asaptransfers.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m43ma0ao19i20a8e1ehbt8fd02/jefilawifuvupanerinibuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1c92504864---vewepidibiwitelelem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theemperorsoldclothes.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mcppctbhdhtaiajsf542ao26ca/43973952079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-green.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74903036715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alnoorcity.com/userfiles/file/23590152197.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nnt52.ru/userfiles/file/83783590311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://laclonghotel.vn/upload/files/68341408987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=flying+to+bonaire+from+usPDF 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_off0000ecb6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xECB6 17912 bytes
SHA-256: 992266569fb86dc8aed284d77794276c5784104d8d0fee1de12c9e7badf12b1b
font_01_sfnt_off00011c07.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11C07 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001341e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1341E 10888 bytes
SHA-256: e6fc38fc3f7c7ec1f5cd30d78c9b4a79b5ae28b289869d9f687770582548be6e