Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b7b71258183dec1d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-09-17 17:34:10 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: f1c7f1affe99fa720b4eb772a51021ff SHA-1: 607043724cd0308fb2a549c7aebec979745b6222 SHA-256: b7b71258183dec1d262ce7ba2bffd0f0de2e865aa6385bec837acb3fa384ed8c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, potentially hosting malicious PDFs on compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick the user into calling a fraudulent support number, a common tactic in tech-support scams and callback phishing.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://www.hotel-restaurant-plainfaing.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/temeluvevexiziroz.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.garriagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613190b5d2538---45892144252.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bgg.pirkitpadangas.lt/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pizofiginadibal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ingfrimale.com/userfiles/files/94204093155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mayphotocopydogia.com/upload/files/84513198746.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614485ec5978f---bafivalanalurujotar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e6fb7c68a4d30489d7a4e45b42e81c4b/35303208818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://belv.ru/userfiles/file/tovovabojadederefe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/bijib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lose-weight.tw/upload/files/65379876715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://urs-certification.com/gais/image/file/zujetovoniwiwedulusav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tinhdauvietnam.vn/upload/files/36603996410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://autosoftware.company/autoresponders_images/files/30583521134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f18586df90---20772517050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://transcash.com/ci/userfiles/files/sulafijuzivone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dokturmice.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/16846692062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acp-luxusingatlanok.hu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/7316532540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613fddcc9a067---kemegoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angelofthewinds.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fotidifurobixebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maintogelonline.info/contents/files/55811536497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://knshzj.com/CKEdit/upload/files/67201216963.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flathead.herosuite.com/userfiles/file/bogitibasupugetesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eurouniversal.eu/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xamoraxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/S30rS-6n6vg/uplcv?utm_term=difference+between+first+order+and+zero+order+kineticsPDF 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_off0000d420.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD420 10804 bytes
SHA-256: c265b6bf8971dd13f81327e44d6cf76a973854eefd26dc1af2bc64062e02e986
font_01_sfnt_off0000ed4e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED4E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010560.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10560 18468 bytes
SHA-256: ae1bf8be81e8d2f26bf8eb69623fc29a7ca1aa35ec9b3996681396e62e4031c0