Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e81008d3eebc71fa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.9 KB Created: 2021-08-12 16:07:20 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 855347eca76568993d38530542755cb0 SHA-1: a22d362be84277e3ad5166c63143f58e61d17816 SHA-256: e81008d3eebc71facc0e70c8551864d567ee63caad930c2b95350b5018e972bb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm and a callback lure, prompting users to call a number for issues related to billing or refunds. While no scripts were directly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to lead users to malicious content or initiate fraudulent phone interactions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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 https://freedomtampons.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3147a541fd6dc94b584928d157627ec7/nawasepexexoperovokifir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://hchoanglong.vn/userfiles/file/razokeji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kjphotocon.org/data/userfiles/files/60971384267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abril.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o1j124mmgv2ni9dupi20s38bhr/49089741237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://omomediacion.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3078b7362b2e1f34b5e648e6202e8dfe/57379288837.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608feddaa226d---jirediwomubixix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barbusci.it/maisUserFile/file/32553179145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pfgmm.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8c545727b2---54819458342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://apoc.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b77e7f7e8a99d1d889e0229f3e861e6c/50079251447.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fabtur.ru/upload/files/24054348384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sntaviator.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/71777442246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelokazakov.com/file/7939524309.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elbag.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/adfaad32ff59395f4af31722d6e45087/27190856522.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dc7a832d21---mudosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160af061d5c891---81638285684.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rkdestate.com/userfiles/file/83364113838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gibisch.com/files/files/gafokukobamulowekadu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a47dcb4e14abfbf0ce1b3cfc0d369b3/jijixujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rchs1964.com/clients/5/58/580abc73d3aac4ea3a2bdd7c75327783/File/17672441238.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://streathamtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/7235397703.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077bc0a5fd11---madexepikewamupekowel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://balticstroy.com/uploads/files/timetalebafedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+much+can+you+withdraw+from+an+atm+suntrustPDF 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_off0000f0ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0EE 17368 bytes
SHA-256: 3595e3eedbc1c0193041bee56e3defe3bb02c1e0d0a6e4650e113be14f0cc155
font_01_sfnt_off00011e3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E3E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013655.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13655 10856 bytes
SHA-256: aa070590c4f91e98a2f82a3a6ea7de2f3bfba7dc503eb3af844d867ad93dc187