Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7704e699297c7119…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-09-17 16:46:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: c005ba01cc7c0474539af8d19b8d7c77 SHA-1: 2c73883c2ed9f58e116ba006d658f0d964e4b16e SHA-256: 7704e699297c7119a2091bb9c17c8573bd14ef435b054cc568f51850a16b2141
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' lure and callback phishing indicators further support a malicious intent, likely to trick users into downloading malware or engaging in a scam.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9951

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kosmonautika.ee/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vixuzewinijifumisixawa.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asesoriagarpe.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16141cfb20956f---pokofemarozivamofora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://7m-shop.com/userfiles/file/nisogaxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://geneticapanama.com/userfiles/file/83441572488.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.s4b.nl/upload/files/vulemalumapi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solarhomepage.ch/fckeditor/editor/images/file/60871304907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tv-sat.cz/userfiles/file/38634583789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://b2b-intelligence.it/uploads/file/77571459797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knx-shop.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fofimivuxerogusisowepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thegioioto.store/upload/files/zuzekaborowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://manu-transport.com/documents/file/53522511104.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qlej8c227e2ehakha1uh45l9ua/77249447246.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bosch-elektronarzedzia.pl/catalog/file/56264601790.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/90695109926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystar.net/filespath/files/20210907033542.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsons.eu/files/file/gapazegotudutevikono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://syntellect.ru/Repository/file/xikoxuxaxali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16139e2b4c430d---nusuvisadezoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lisahyatthealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612e99c28ae77---pevamomazelekefonoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euroteam.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tepilakizovakix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ferropula.hr/files/40542117497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bowie.abwingsmd.com/uploads/files/61475416693.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ateneoarbonaida.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613a033d9d42e---befaret.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ednak.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613cfb1159689---59225651302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domadoma.cz/userfiles/file/30301783351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=android+phone+remove+email+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_off0000e164.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE164 18324 bytes
SHA-256: 0844cc2a38040c94fcc871150c5e474ae5690b8b58ecc4233a21c229e6f3fdbc
font_01_sfnt_off00011083.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11083 10760 bytes
SHA-256: c99684e3470af04ca7d221facdef4de1b60aca5cf9e159c4a03c2e2fc0439572
font_02_sfnt_off0001290c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1290C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1