Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c710dae2bbc1c746…

MALICIOUS

PDF

1.91 MB Created: 2022-05-28 01:32:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2022-07-15
MD5: df4ac71e31608623d8e06999f09842f0 SHA-1: 7380fc0d2eb60cba965e05f49f8f328a4cc99a53 SHA-256: c710dae2bbc1c746123c9e66f74244892e6db98b400b76bb8d58605247176997
124 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF file contains multiple embedded URLs, many of which are associated with compromised CMS uploads or SEO redirectors, suggesting a phishing or malicious content distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports this assessment. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the presence of numerous suspicious links indicates an attempt to direct users to malicious websites, likely for credential harvesting or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier clean score 0.0054

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.
  • 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.
  • SEO-redirector lure link (multi-word utm_term) low PDF_SEO_UTM_REDIRECTOR_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable link to a multi-word utm_term / FeedBurner-proxied SEO redirector — the search-keyword gateway used by the 'free document download' phishing family. Surfaced as an IOC; on its own this is a low-confidence signal.
  • 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://ragaz.co.za/XSRYdR1H?utm_term=pw+atkins+physical+chemistry+pdf++pdf+file PDF link annotation
    • https://sportuna.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/36289681973.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aildf.in/userfiles/file/72955694763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mmkotomasyon.net/userfiles/file/71478454463.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cathyknightwaite.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88527242186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.com/userfiles/file/masinoguruzuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webrekruit.com/php_codes/Scott/VieauAssociates/code/userfiles/file/15557207474.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://binarbaidservices.com/public_html/userfiles/file/mowesag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zulfugar.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16228c1998a1c9---90392169282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cozyboutiquecruise.com/upload/fck/file/kezobilarikigup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westernvintage.com/kcfinder/upload/files/bamonusetivogavogavobe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kd-council.com/upfile/files/65232886293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vp-concept.ch/app/webroot/kcfinder/upload/files/majunukitemefalijuta.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://styliststudios.com/imagesTE/file/19658895439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1626e7548f227a---5710451412.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gift-edu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/837a63a5dcd711516fe7608117f21819/62360564067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fontini-rozetki.su/kcfinder/upload/files/1032742144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kppzp.pl/userfiles/file/dikagexawewutivelil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.crossfitparamaribo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16250f3e32be31---povavebimi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rococosofa.com/files/files/fowimuriwunoxepavoxobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elearning-chemistry.remetea.ro/userfiles/file/72346020825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yejiya.com/userfiles/file/88853469398.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecolservizinettuno.com/userfiles/files/55240955019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://die-elke.de/cms/elke_page_files/file/keluvakudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emotionalgift.youngzonejewelry.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rotizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.stratcareerservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/162570a847bc98---gumuvavikokuwemeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mamnonsaokhue.vn/app/webroot/files/ckfinder/files/vasekajabasefezesinak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hauptsache.cc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1625277ed2421a---sebesageruv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://masters.unige.ch/kcfinder/upload/files/26385747961.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off001deac8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1DEAC8 11060 bytes
SHA-256: 27bfb3378d2a47d73096f68284aedd1e4e6b67c46c6c366d4a4914e7d662fe4e
font_01_sfnt_off001e046e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E046E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off001e1c8c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E1C8C 30660 bytes
SHA-256: 9b0c8fb302d2409f34563c1f780c3c9660e80e51682cdc6ab2df0e91ea08f0ad
font_03_sfnt_off001e6fa4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1E6FA4 7680 bytes
SHA-256: 8a60cf833cce4e3fdaf65e1533aa6a7f97965bef742464fdf9f687d529275d39