Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 332ef9c8fe317888…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.4 KB Created: 2021-06-25 18:58:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: 93c0c5fecddd511df69b0dac40be40fd SHA-1: 48cd129f096037a40c5bb86ef6da7b3e7db6c132 SHA-256: 332ef9c8fe317888c64d22557023b8318c08e4fd0eb88169a826fcf2917bf150
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The 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, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely involving exploitation of PDF vulnerabilities to deliver a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what%27s+48+hours+from+today PDF link annotation
    • http://asu.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lm4bd82ph7dseaaa28eefufltn/8071247416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elisa5888.com/shopadmin/upload/files/91616235904.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lowdoc-loans.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5f90f7e14a---vubekulonejenepemopudu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yaqeen-eg.com/userfiles/file/dumeravosudidoliwijavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carriewoodfamily.com/clients/5/5b/5b9f2fb360c4065436fb7fe1267c3612/File/82559606156.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16k72iqe0i0dovt8h1l2q90f23/46160638719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aps-mes.com/files/file/nubopezukuraxevulipofat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nqoiaae73jqk23jmn09990n868/32955638323.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/rumedibokezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5b5b5508c8---zuzonimobufufot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://viettincapital.vn/upload/files/talusebototarad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-kompany.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/09bb100fc3e4d080a78528c6ff1fb613/63612896970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071512b42ba5---4620437534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/m3ipho1nqmk4lvs8tvmt8qq5pj/rezefavokelaxiruzopo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toicodonlyson.com/uploads/files/zenorezamuwazuxurer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tunglamgarden.com/images/fck/file/54813124726.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vizzzio.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c5464a823ba322086b8ec3fdc10043c/32041648276.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://learningkey.org/userfiles/12514370897.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ewms.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1phv2b34cfpsrai2ui78ld158a/64179796468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.novet.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160add7e87929f---nifonureruguti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072045033cc5---75594242125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ketoanaca.com/uploads/image/files/40645305392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qamarapps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e27928f12---4998516632.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_off0000ebdb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEBDB 16776 bytes
SHA-256: 145e3ffc27b57791478fa42959f8ddb4dfc003967b71fa76b284c3d8a28f2303
font_01_sfnt_off0001176c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1176C 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 3270fc5c34ddf60fa3620cb1a870121f33e50af071c40a610e297593aa297363
font_02_sfnt_off00013067.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13067 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1