Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 480491c21d33e486…

MALICIOUS

PDF

105.4 KB Created: 2021-10-04 21:16:17 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 9293244a79f25ef41a562f73134d4130 SHA-1: bc06823d3857616957734679c466ce17be5ab1a0 SHA-256: 480491c21d33e4861ec73fff10172779994b4ce567d261b8ef0539bbeebf666f
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan threat. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests a callback phishing or tech support scam, where the user is prompted to call a number. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious intent to deceive users into engaging with fraudulent services.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9877

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 http://preiswerte-unterkunft-papenburg.de/mediapool/sadogalojatorami.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://guide-eq.com/userfiles/file/20210918190836_utdadf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unibox.lv/files/text/vemilitugowuxax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://serting.eu/userfiles/files/83318128970.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appextskihjthj.handylover.com/upload/files/bozofepewajapixol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sjar-tech.com/uploadfile/file///2021100301151199.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jyjjapan.jp/files/ckeditor/files/83679606044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e176277911d64414a12f96c1f9818840/vozovotuzemipikame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://contua.org/userfiles/file/xowofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/57154616325.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613060f896713---zaxolex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://liceoadultos.juniorcollege.cl/userfiles/files/buzebivenoxituvijuvof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gz-topstar.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3736edbdc517c5573138b956a2582b3b/vumebazono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ccswcd.com/userfiles/file/36897657041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andyselfstorage.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bsr6oji51rmchrlfpmtmamguo6/jobaxile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laneopx.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bf79887bea---wolasiresasanojijekozised.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://awarelaxcentrum.cz/user_files/file/53620840520.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ewdel.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72286185025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aasghsflqsae.handylover.com/upload/files/65279294108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chiringuitomediterraneo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/disubej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peaceinsrilanka.lk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nerutekiwuxanavapofoxuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bazk.info/public_htmluploads/file/72516812351.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ctnphrae.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/64908438376.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reckdance.pl/userfiles/file/57983629060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2dc7fd70ce94f3280c764f45fcd6238/47254597569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://scalping.ir/data/files/file/50854620606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=pay+in+lieu+of+notice+starting+new+jobPDF 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_off000134c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x134C0 19132 bytes
SHA-256: 94b9ba4b662fac5041d2a7e464b74e2870255bab2f9cfa642d2982a96083020b
font_01_sfnt_off00016504.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16504 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00017d1b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x17D1B 11084 bytes
SHA-256: f67c30cec7eccc1144af4538ddd0c75ebd46c7c814dae4e1d6a0ba21ab81424e