Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8ca75d917e18271…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.9 KB Created: 2021-09-22 19:51:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 04d93be674f3770462a1ea1907a67b81 SHA-1: 725823d4c475b4d9c2f9a93aaed02238ac416b52 SHA-256: f8ca75d917e1827160accc19b0243773669e4ae125d799a8c794f996174d3946
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The file is identified as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, with heuristics indicating it functions as a link farm pointing to compromised websites and potentially malicious PDFs. The presence of external URIs and a callback lure suggests a phishing or scam attempt designed to redirect users to malicious content or solicit information. No scripts were extracted, limiting the analysis of direct execution vectors.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+find+uuid+of+android+phone PDF link annotation
    • https://iohrp.org/f_files/files/lepanaseduvulog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hitelesen.com/userfiles/file/wemaboruxiwivovos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://officialbacknumber.com/editor_up/nawagonijejeraneta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://icon-studios.com/userfiles/file/91152543792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sozopolihills.com/userfiles/file/79777057818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qdjshg.com/files/file/zepetotositewafinazajeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/90629462797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://daulte.ch/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28147746688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbpartner.cz/userfiles/file/51336756562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenflameenergy.com/userfiles/file/14891381158.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seoaudytor.pl/userfiles/file/96117027830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://triptoboloyfoundation.org/editorsfiles/files/nuwelolilakexusefowolok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cornwallstaffagency.com/userfiles/file/64238847132.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/gepagukij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chinacimctrailer.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/04be6b22915db387672c4660f069c515/25714058838.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.driftime.ee/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614b0085e4d0c---nevutipidafutu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huile-de-nigelle.info/userfiles/file/53675357271.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thibiditrading.com/public/userupload/files/76666938781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koopmankennedyfeller.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pevova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7f5034ba0cc246ba5f2289809b629304/galowanirenisen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xueyuan.zlyxgw.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210920181659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanamihic.com/files/83383062225.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatachau.vn/webroot/img/files/xoxigivexowatolilupij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvugiayphep.net/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/gavelabiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pilanatofishing.com/home/sandbox/domains/shelter.sandbox.tritek.hk/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wozob.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_off0000eb4d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEB4D 17620 bytes
SHA-256: cc02875cfad607c30b22789b3e2b3a9b8b5f32060f2e670134b50bc43c68ec98
font_01_sfnt_off0001196c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1196C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013183.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13183 10560 bytes
SHA-256: b248851604f7679bf62c87701e899403aa1fae3c85a3255bced88287b04c1b80