Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 de801d87f252dd36…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.9 KB Created: 2021-07-08 06:53:39 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 04ffca8fd670764f4b49fc001d51cd7d SHA-1: 4c864154992605598304e667f7967dc94b362ae7 SHA-256: de801d87f252dd3668ead3c1fb8f0d63d63a9e7e55ea11d93b51aea314b03118
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent. The presence of multiple external URIs and a link farm heuristic further supports this, likely leading to a second-stage exploit or phishing page.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://dokumsuzgec.com/userfiles/files/18425876622.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://deborahbrown.us/clients/860103/File/wetewamijefokovewipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynadakikemalizm.com/resimler/files/55552474614.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anhopphat.com/uploads/files/zegeligurom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noventa.cz/media/files/file/65698057388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hfdjet.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/12121aef797355cce691d76d55a05294/marezoziteje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b0e0e81d44f---91043448060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plenar.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c4cde94a78---lelidepivadazomogud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realimpacto.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b48eb82ceb4---74192459359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angkalaris.com/contents//files/pagifitesepojisopezitam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oneworldkarate.com/fckeditorimages/userfiles/file/jiruzegoganufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artmetinc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609605dc4e4ae---32914429028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.majorisinvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f511ecb0b5---diwidujazepaninanogami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://humanitool.ru/userfiles/file/galusunisafixel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spherule.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb58ae051cb0f882d22287b5a677462c/pamabiwin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pospatrans.cz/UserFiles/File/98303770498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://desagresbrts.com/clients/34568/File/fezebepizam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://douzonebnf.com/upload/file///wawek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://divorcefinance.nl/uploads//file/kibekozajirorudedaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pluckywize.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e383a4da92---zadawezofirememi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hylyt.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7483192a8945c0bae4fe17ab1fddb37d/zenivebisapebal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://angelsstaff.com/uploads/file/88552671289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076f57951297---mofulebukufaranerapow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+check+a+private+instagram+accountPDF 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_off0000f98f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF98F 17836 bytes
SHA-256: db11741c8ba846a53ff87da6a9395dd07bab8e0a0670ba89c039976f926a76a5
font_01_sfnt_off00012863.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12863 11112 bytes
SHA-256: 33d61ab4567a1f2bb613b349ddde458119581c4848f7ff9fc19ebe5206c0aabb
font_02_sfnt_off00014238.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14238 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1