Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8e814a9c9c62bfbf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.0 KB Created: 2021-09-06 21:25:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 14d9b0406f7454611d114bf5d134019d SHA-1: b9549d46dfa7c99ce80fbb83319039a55b82dbe6 SHA-256: 8e814a9c9c62bfbfcf6463a3c33247d9400a4ded2ce4026b0b843e0ea4a19426
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many of which point to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The presence of embedded JavaScript and a high ML classifier score further indicate malicious intent. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' confirms the malicious nature, likely involving phishing or credential harvesting through the linked sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9860

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://catamma.ru/uplcv?utm_term=convert+powerpoint+to+pdf+with+speaker+notes+on+mac PDF link annotation
    • http://compufoxmail.com/userfiles/file/faguvijosape.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hefei.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pawomubejituxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--faade-zra.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xigibuxagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad996eee960---66249522978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hum-lucknow.org/test/fckeditor/file/13179755800.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a813eb7c17---42747267909.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://razaviota.ir/basefile/razaviotair/files/dapafonavipuxazokuximew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fteq.ru/files/file/91167799395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6e7ab31413828fde9b093db082a3516/bulimaverebakavor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karthikeyanjayaram.com/userfiles/file/94346170557.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visualarchive.bg/files/piwilixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gullyracing.it/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/20232255109.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ed-web.cz/userfilesfile/88542147561.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4f12535383c98ee2c487cd21f6d590ec/sowadovabifisop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b5ff15842c---46254760360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://argekaucuk.com/nbg/upload/files/10063475740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coimbra.hu/uploads/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wekanuvapomegufen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://israelonthehouse.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cf1d506b247---lolufaratobomawebopesori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://immodraft.nrw/images/architekten_agentur_images_/file/41398284737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psychologgia.pl/Upload/file/8714252958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baharemadinah.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c0be72766a---delebutogibulupuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimsanghun.com/upload/userfiles/file/2021921651360415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fresh-cherries.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97100182372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/64488286078.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pi-consulting.ch/download/70974505696.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.medicalalliedtraining.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5e9cbd9c78---44894084545.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_off0000e064.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE064 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f87b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF87B 11116 bytes
SHA-256: 5a44ff3aae250d847b8f174d7d7b482e0a6f70c0a6b25ee0e2b68760222e0820
font_02_sfnt_off00011255.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11255 18380 bytes
SHA-256: ec61ad606e4000cef733c23a6638632824db0571cbc90dbd427f69dfe9487ac2