Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ffc84e8cfcdbdfdc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.6 KB Created: 2021-08-18 05:49:41 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 8dc97aef17e7633a07ef160db6a980b6 SHA-1: 9d4ea448ffcd00e47630a413bb2e94fab5ac7e9c SHA-256: ffc84e8cfcdbdfdca21b2c68f442881c29c9276a0e6b9a01e513bb1a027f4a6a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is a PDF containing multiple embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised websites or link farms. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic suggests a phishing or tech-support scam context, aiming to trick the user into interacting with the malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9982

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://firstcuwire.com/file_media/file_image/file/sojuxozezojuzogixafumew.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fk8f39388kpdpaccft5797q1u1/vumixipo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pima-alarms.rs/slicice/file/rokupemipu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://royalrep.com/userfiles/files/14744371189.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://praconsulgroup.ru/pict/file/burirobamajuwapuwazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tyros-club.de/userfiles/file/zugowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://anaksemut.com/contents//files/jeximezazatotumotakamoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://projetounificado.com/uploads/files/susateboliberawejofeparo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bangprice.com/bangprice.com/beta/cms_image/file/pizepizekit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/polin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1fb0cc8b1---rusikatakosakobelonik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bularz-auto.pl/images/userfiles/file/43248110102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://naseeha.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/11c7e089478ba4cb0e3ddf551f0e8e94/wowelaxafogifodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27bbd3030f4e154487345f61dbb68bb3/dazipoximenifasekesow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yptea.com/data/fckeditor/files/66869979351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creativesilhouettes.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c11c23726dc---wageka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://roocenter.ru/upload/file/posatelowefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/47fcfab0db2093ab98d6d0b251f2c3d6/ludolovarevozojamaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1fceab23b---vulasorobijaxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.holderit.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608289853b569---gawotevopimekuxegavam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vegasoft.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f15a62036---99546033403.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alrukn.co/userfiles/files/82004182937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lapenya.cat/imgjovesnaves/file/lubepanizolarerukuxub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t4cgd8v5mo40m626j8gad2sab5/8988484104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796fa9a4b2d---wunesuduluvuxavinikaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=treasury+investment+and+risk+management+book+pdfPDF 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_off0000f199.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF199 16872 bytes
SHA-256: 7598da02654f63deafa0712bff6c8759a05023f9c8814596281a7d2074e3d79c
font_01_sfnt_off00011d93.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D93 11268 bytes
SHA-256: c68cc45d21b1ff13ce577d8fcb8b65d25d72fce4701a6998ee41fccd4e333ebb
font_02_sfnt_off000137a1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x137A1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1