Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ee7f59df80896b3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.3 KB Created: 2021-08-08 14:42:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: c02daf27003879b650b2dc7abedbcf06 SHA-1: 22a266a5a6f73c685a47f8cd29159bfdf5056173 SHA-256: 8ee7f59df80896b3f72959f48e39294cbfd8b3a38b93d42b2fe3a7e65596b995
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting, suggests an attempt to redirect the user to malicious content or exploit vulnerabilities. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely contains a phone number to trick users into calling, a common tactic in tech support scams and callback phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9952

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 http://netisiletisim.com/guvennet/resimlerfiles/ritagefadupa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kindliving.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tmp/15214219881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nnk.gr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609426902acb1---67876885694.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erisalaw-chicago.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/repofowojononajenudetovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promobryansk.ru/userfiles/files/82696872342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polimak.pl/userfiles/file/weziwer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d695e7d09ff---19998284686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xowewipememijefez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alongsideasia.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6ac8876cc09f3c38f5c2fa3f23f9efcc/gukekalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://conhantaoankhanh.com/webroot/img/files/90397671591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotacri.com/userfiles/files/tiligasobupodowusu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbff3c77d08---52044859402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://psychoterapia-przemysl.net/img/userfiles/file/tilitajojewesofaxezimive.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pck.malopolska.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f2b1432768c8b9cfec7bddadb52e282d/xekekofare.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/wokuzokagulofasiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://leesman.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e9ec06cf6095253f79883d98b04686cf/23128274226.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a84eed6f7c4af32ee8ec5da71653e971/kimawukenumoloriraki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a591i4kh765424osnkr51ih6k5/81264590753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartvoicecom.com/userfiles/70057657783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://selectwifi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076a207a5fdc---maguvojef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adaviestransportltd.com/userfiles/file/81814543047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dramayaramendes.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160760121b163c---givumozomezolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atdawnwelift.com/userfiles/file/gunefixowoboku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+connect+bluetooth+to+jvc+kd-r520PDF 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_off0000f2dc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2DC 19712 bytes
SHA-256: d31c5d645a905e1801df836a4385928b13a238268a145f9cd628fb3430dd51cf
font_01_sfnt_off00012604.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12604 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 4e6af213b56f52ca19b8fefd8efde7e177ac3acb0915d2af94bebf5511d22261
font_02_sfnt_off00013fda.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FDA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1