Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c0f486829abe04ef…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-13 18:37:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: fb28c49c70abbe9bd7239a8a8805a517 SHA-1: b2196ceec65ba65f91189917ea64e3c1244442fb SHA-256: c0f486829abe04ef6540cde865474ff1a70c77363e00412569de731e16e1b49e
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous external URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature, classifying it as a phishing trojan.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://pixomot.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+retrieve+archived+text+messages+on+android PDF link annotation
    • https://givemeit.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01fbb4bebe27be5fc15f68eb0e9dee50/14030749362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://x-software.cz/data/file/65346937408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://przyrodnik-kujawy.eu/userfiles/file/zafifuzamisab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exoticland.bg/upload/files/files/11801149173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nawooelcs.com/upload/userfiles/2021/09/files/210905190026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ciaomamma.hu/editor_up/729813377.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pataniforum.com/admin/jquery/ckfinder/userfiles/files/61428412302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accidentmatters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wadimar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copyjokertw.aw6.tw/uploadfile/qu4_qu106_com/files/bubizotume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stromzeleny.cz/file/93191129708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bradzo-ep.com/uploads/files/tokibisopidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e711923c51---vilimar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://creationstationdance.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133cdbd0195d---74518180232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mea-travel.pl/userfiles/file/69727228081.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://the-bom.kr/upfile/files/rakesikibesigaranoxejuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clinical-pain.com/pds/userfiles/files/7024563483.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://escrima-rlp.de/userfiles/file/xazozomigagaxamimevip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skogsformedling.se/bilder_umeny/File/kiwevetawomiza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cpsguffanti.it/uploads/file/guguluzu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://360clothing.in/home/www360cl/public_html/uploads/images/files/43372275855.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/karivenutipifodok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geoplan.su/userfiles/file/nirapubuxemogoxuzodas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e5tbr.alruaa.com/ckeditor-ckfinder-integration/uploads/files/sazudisemuzupevetefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://heldermusic.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21321607821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613e39a2569e4---61547334412.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_off0000d153.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD153 18032 bytes
SHA-256: 607476e800235ac715f8b4ea4c4485eaa154ad00053f8795bcd0839534852e19
font_01_sfnt_off0000ff28.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFF28 11016 bytes
SHA-256: f7b9796a1c6acf9fb833f5eceb898adbbfa35aecb5fe425e9cec812f1d4780ef
font_02_sfnt_off0001186f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1186F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1