Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 7caf8bd7bdb68a71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.6 KB Created: 2021-09-14 07:23:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 68038fff6ed3c80535604dc40192a787 SHA-1: ac765637c9cfad980ea6eb3cef3b3b85a9a10200 SHA-256: 7caf8bd7bdb68a71f0245646fbca811fca76d3e997c9325c76220cd5d383a3d4
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories or disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of these links and the overall structure indicate an attempt to distribute further malicious files or conduct phishing operations.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

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://segurodegranizo.ar/noticias/fckeditor/file/92067987880.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ddaengshop.com/ckupload/files/pilibefolerexipatikix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f4bf6d4188---poraxamopisanovosumem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poptheme.cn/uploadfile/files/20210906_121144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://embody.box8websites.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/powozilevirefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bekkercoon.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93865478336.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d34bc63d6---14796537361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evo-models.com/uploads/userfiles/files/gomemabixuzibixavugaxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133ff1ee459c---90075856568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factblogs.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/jigefipebe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avstralianature.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wofovetux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://savages.lu/imagesRTE/files/98660544992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://watthaistuttgart.de/userfiles/file/nezomulixafekofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sahodayabbsr.com/test/fckeditor/file/55289188986.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sitarofindiamd.com/userfiles/file/28811893322.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clarklawtexas.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/pufipa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namngonviet.com/user-/files/54085900570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scuderieverdina.it/scuderia/userfiles/file/38110359791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encoyun.com/calisma2/files/uploads/nokuxinigisav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://toyotaautobody.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28337482752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161385d8fb471f---xamegunogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://verzorgingsindex.nl/images/uploads/zarazemogumodokikiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=fifa+mobile+download+apk+modPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000b908.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB908 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d115.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD115 1680 bytes
SHA-256: 6c08887b596ecb472c5a0482df8c2f828d83fc5b5d16111ed0caa1fced1b35dc
font_02_sfnt_off0000d912.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD912 10588 bytes
SHA-256: 69c3a1e25897d59ca16b9b3f292ca4ce2558861ceb8c274a21f0fe9dc7b67714
font_03_sfnt_off0000f0f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF0F5 18984 bytes
SHA-256: 5f77fcc6bec0c5e72bc7ca1c35201b13eabe66c0733fa44da5303ba588c98db7