Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 45bb3b0faf7e3945…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-07 20:34:03 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 89ad61bbc83226615621162914e6eccb SHA-1: 5ebf94625e2860656eabb368ef89eee4a6812cd5 SHA-256: 45bb3b0faf7e39451e489d22ec347dd33d54b6308e665d3dbf87ac0336232fd1
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics, including a critical ClamAV detection for 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The presence of numerous external URLs, many hosted on compromised WordPress sites, and the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicate a phishing or scam attempt. The document likely aims to trick the user into calling a fraudulent support number by presenting a fake billing or salary slip scenario.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

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://crysiq.ru/uplcv?utm_term=salary+slip+pdf+editor PDF link annotation
    • https://kassa-evotor.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rmia8j0vlro2gpncfk6cjqc1th/64876470060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lion-trading.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3jnt4bmo10dqeglgc9elpt5ln/lorolil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.d-table.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0dcc0df3f9e1df638ca3ff381402ae81/79129783991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiopol.it/userfiles/files/93611603306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jfhcoaching.com/userfiles/files/19732763275.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stattus.com/assets/file/laveboruxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://leguido.net/files/85050045105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.fifatravels.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce33b1d0fcf---35778249042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094d9e136003---31996037700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedcollisionrepair.com/home/cert/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/webova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gorisum.net/fckeditor/upload_file/file/tarejugawijodosufifikepe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jatyn.cn/upfiles/202105/file/1621855636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52e8c3cf1e90d34f3a89cbba93fd559b/57243268107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://schreinerheusi.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf1e7412fed---wubanebamarumisisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grappin-annat-como.com/userfiles/grappin-annat-como.com/file/62362800900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viaterrestre.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b1fbf45bbf---87981576886.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/43979173701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lorenzofranzone.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/464a359218777d8435c8ebc1d459e60a/muvakilerojazo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://classicandcamper.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q7ppad031rs2nfn9mcuu88qui8/45241441230.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lichnyiybrand.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac28fd1e8f9---biduzogujesilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/at9jhqvil77e8ijoh0v38mnp9p/54297729540.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093b7db4e625---71672095750.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://t4g.nasscomfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vt8e688jat4cpba946ftq6iik2/88112794620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atut-biuro.com/uploaded/file/5513151445.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_off0000e4df.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE4DF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fcf1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFCF1 18152 bytes
SHA-256: 34dc04f18c6066afed658817a10c03bca1cc957885ce93b7446ac3440b2ff70a
font_02_sfnt_off00012ca4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12CA4 10576 bytes
SHA-256: 21d185d4cb5c9bce547739d91691c5e42790d270cd4dd4a5bb7d2d0b28ecd08a