Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 bf8272bff3684c94…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-01 19:25:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 0435706f66b2762f46a111d3a319708d SHA-1: affeeb96d4d93eeb414b95ee44df23eb4f529c3e SHA-256: bf8272bff3684c947eaf8e867897bbe55aa38a1d48540c2a86160cf446753f24
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or trojan delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9947

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=silver+limo+chauffeurs PDF link annotation
    • https://argentinaproduct.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/73964272752.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fritz-fahrlaender.ch/download/18122598823.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7746e47e73b8982b74cab90bb386b8ae/vofezefodenegonurabakuzi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f42513fc66---27037595688.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cdscabling.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9f4eb8a283---kewezib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxsolar.com/d/files/gesatosalu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075e8e96b633---xisulefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ellisrasbetonwerke.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce314614bf0---80571887436.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/93e559cae279c96e470eee03977c83c9/35189461913.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.fullmooneye.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b417f35722---91578520880.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ansing.nl/userfiles/file/bukodefuxitizobebebagul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://study-go.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e42bb626785e64afb471065bfc00a447/gupegozevewep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lightingdynamics.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0142a5bbcf0c2610cb3e4b7abe028071/52057593030.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df93c5de2b.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obasekiestates.com/UserFiles/file/55139617728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sardavetri.it/userfiles/file/sibegewirulugoledefuzeti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shen-su.eu/gfx/userfiles/files/tirotanobanuwanoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medok18.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/af1fa44c1a4a7da478c3d04ab73dc145/18415780093.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fiambreszav.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d2187460ebf8204d65721d234814447b/77758549924.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://michaels-limo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f5539306b1---tabizuduvigufasigijo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://st03.it/userfiles/files/75067666982.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/73763653826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vervesimuhub.com/userfiles/file/gowegebepofexeno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bjoybrands.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f59fbdf906---polijinudonerav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000f7f4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7F4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00011006.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11006 17256 bytes
SHA-256: c915dd6d39599b80f6f343a05b8eabf3056b2f0117cf91cae22e8640eb673c79
font_02_sfnt_off00013d42.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D42 10640 bytes
SHA-256: acbd0bdbfcb058fae555bfb0d2c50f48b671cf9042d99410b196d62393b1c39f