Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e67c91ef23565e3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:09:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 7e10273fe8e103079a94d8bcf2fdc892 SHA-1: 049089ecc6dffc47c2a3cd8b7dc43b7a382467cd SHA-256: 8e67c91ef23565e3f3c74e53e07f72ddd8e0ca8f7f6a6daf3d5fdda47abee533
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites, a common tactic for SEO poisoning and phishing. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent. Although no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, potentially leading to further compromise.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9996

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://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607189ee74854---29407722206.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.whirlpool-beachcomber.at/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f05ae97d005---makiguvewa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ondebiz.com/userfiles/file/venamajewifakoxiwitipeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ilk89e9g7rg30it800ttr8ch06/45153144965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csc0311.com/userfiles/file/20210810232004_191njn.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaufdeinauto.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a04b453d64c---keferamogutet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.rosabrockenhaus.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wikokotenezaroweg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omg50yrs.com/clients/6/6d/6dc66c997efb3e4e8ce6e6e7d0694e91/File/sunezukaforogusumut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://profisystem.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c81d0e5ab5---kipozokirotivonekamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/wodep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sloepverhuur-debiesbosch.nl/upload/files/9755686629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tentimesneedlehill.com/UPFILE/userfiles/files/39797331365.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tweedehandswikkelaar.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/panujofegaxoxewositu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608e300775f12---20430571148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://venusnvs.com/userfiles/file/72750588761.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.peplex.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071a2582431b---pobudet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aff9a08267829747efb20549607ca343/xafibikezosiribesokilotip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072f37f08b71---61984430845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goraku-sangyo.com/userfiles/file/30295983341.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://villanakarin.com/userfiles/files/34499316235.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icltindia.in/userfiles/file/zuxezixuwiguzubosotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=blue+olde+english+bulldog+puppies+for+salePDF 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_off0000f209.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF209 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010a20.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A20 10972 bytes
SHA-256: a0b3a92a9b8b0c0d3f3bc2aa7a5956ca55c81721c95781184c93e6f1c20a849b
font_02_sfnt_off00012309.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12309 18408 bytes
SHA-256: caf94fd3b17a0b217f860d9a606c72edbfaa2788be83189dd37da967d814493b