Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f8d05680d93a031d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.5 KB Created: 2021-06-29 17:54:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 4951eb87d3b2598043553c63140ffb3a SHA-1: b924ecbc5655d79af7eff59e8cc2ef8dc25f36bd SHA-256: f8d05680d93a031d2cd87fa69fa0095cc6bfd856c533c0d0e18e70aec44635a6
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious content or phish for information. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates a potential callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to redirect users to malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://inncredel.com/uploads/fowazovulu.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://myhoorayhealth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/194imc4mdubd4u83m9cqdlrto5/68870149655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/kakevuwisejoxirevarus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pg3vg89dvqbp0qgerdv5oqmjqs/wefimamabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bycongroup.com/UserFiles/file/72306729199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078acd1b67b1---65917645167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cananalimdar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t29es39sdaodvh319spsfg3coi/pojolovipebisumafewale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k2salight.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/31ca5e3598f4b4ab89fbd3d43f57e178/vesiguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://personnelstrategies.net/userfiles/file/8720528591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phenix-security.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078ac5bd40dc---kisotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evabody.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093f53698db3---xuzosegigotilaxuzasezota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pinxedien.net/upload/files/xelinunurule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://callhfelectric.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac52f270aec---67236472880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconartistmanagement.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18103653314.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lentilles-progressives.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a002fc4329f---44962740146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070f29ad7173---liviz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e9b56aee5096eb8ca366c81bf50829f/kanizip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bluekeydigital.com/images/pic/file/78159568223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://globalsocialwlefaresummit.com//app/webroot/uploads/ckuploads/files/23062160942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpetejazz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nmhr5nkcps3n58cnm8049046at/46656899861.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caopump.com/admin/userfiles/file/tipaxujunibupixemibixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/37278635091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kino-profi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/313cab4bb9a0de200c2faab3400810f9/3264809129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flatadministration.com/uploades/fckeditorfile/29928959840.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinafunnels.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vlb85q1n335djoqu6ekekj1qp0/2195697597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=cima+past+exam+papers+and+answersPDF 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_off0000d57d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD57D 17344 bytes
SHA-256: 5710749223e037d98ffe31aa22420d72f80786e67c175acbe32b0c3536305844
font_01_sfnt_off000102e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x102E2 10604 bytes
SHA-256: b82ce15b5913c8f4ff5dbf44a7ad541f85edf2afffbcfd0a9dbd3d57a8f07e79
font_02_sfnt_off00011b2f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B2F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1