Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8ff8c76eb63c21cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.8 KB Created: 2021-09-02 07:27:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 36252b2046a8c4edc61277ec088cc248 SHA-1: 9454c94e5b4ef69436aea238d8bfdbb46f5444e1 SHA-256: 8ff8c76eb63c21cf1f207b36ae5265550170db64c32ebae7da3749510db01fec
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests a callback phishing or tech-support scam, where the document prompts the user to call a phone number. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point to a phishing campaign, likely delivered as a spearphishing attachment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

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://almuhja.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/95776986953.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gearforfree.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qr6q2jc63oc59tl6gipidabg74/xanixuguxumizojanavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ae3d873a32---jejixutoxasulamumujezoras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bosingels.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kewojam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marosme.ro/hirek/file/98280234592.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://remobudostol.pl/pliki/dakaduzikiwinatut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/82740643431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wingprocess.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pidebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sibzakon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuratuwokubotakapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161027a127969d---34677268633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zpb-maciejewski.pl/upload/fck/file/17993004020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.acptechnologies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a21a7c99686---84786570550.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.elsecretodelolivo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c5b790f592---nelepuwomagosexoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhagro.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45550312ccc9ce33561346b8c4e08b2f/22071797027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://global-poseg.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080f0d860c72---15526890206.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanaspinler.com/calisma2/files/uploads/zidaboreze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://artbynela.com/uploads/file/87529867095.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.doctor-carpet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msmffa05fakt5eic6vtomonjo1/56540532507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aldara-latinoamerica.com/userfiles/file/64279000787.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunarchegypt.com/userfiles/file/80416769189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alquilerbares.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073f7fd11ee0---84515592521.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://2016.letnifestiwal.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/defajufopepalofewoposuma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dancedynamicsla.com/clients/38740/File/xotufumujebis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/61036178737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a69d40e48c0---94374896106.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=m+and+t+bank+stadiumPDF 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_off0000e07e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE07E 19160 bytes
SHA-256: d1bc61ebdbc730ddf9f1dbbe16fd78ac0a3444edf5c2c2ce5abaaa10bec3d786
font_01_sfnt_off000112e1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x112E1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012af8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12AF8 10336 bytes
SHA-256: 2c76500bbaebd5a78e48cf3a054eaaffbe8cd6a9700bd71f390c8df4d465cd8c