Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2cb0f989b79b92d…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-24 02:20:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 8a4fc079968d7000eddf4c6a45eb821f SHA-1: 2a1f60f0d00b38081ba99d68b3ef1487a9ec13d5 SHA-256: c2cb0f989b79b92d3a223a93844d726a230f44d3b9a71cf64be5daa5bd51eb89
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, some of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The presence of a 'callback phishing phone lure' heuristic further indicates a scam or phishing attempt. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support the malicious verdict.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://stalbeckers.nl/userfiles/image/file/nigolerusunevataxare.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://viettrungson.com/media/Files/31656088319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://total-sport.pl/img/upload/files/97561164791.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elskenecologie.nl/files/871857375.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polskienarty.pl/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/fanutukuzevuxobilesokilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firewheels.pe/userfiles/file/parama.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/zevad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://titusauto.hu/kepek/file/37387939406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jaunimodienos.lt/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0vnuaqokb9v4h41kd64p9akovo/31810046531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smogy.ru/files/files/kapidusexatifidudap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportingclubalbinia.eu/userfiles/files/tovumefugobinatupatuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://andhimazhai.com/images/files/jigubufoseralopod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kawanmto.info/contents/files/nekadata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviapartner.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/25280430029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aeu.pretty-match.com/upload/files/73314994255.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vidaleve.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pibivewixubadelow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thailaundry.com/imgUpload/files/25572897267.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismolataggiasca.eu/userfiles/files/siviki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gghle3891pcb5is1iiqovmg722/kumona.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613392ab03ed3---41457601042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613bb0e2e547d---negerizarijuwuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nedimgame.com/calisma2/files/uploads/1844517739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnsgawefgl.netsociality.com/upload/files/ropejejifotodanekik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=gta+vice+city+2+download+for+androidPDF 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_off0000db46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB46 10728 bytes
SHA-256: 2c18a8d3b6aed55fbbe6c865500818c8594faf8c4f4d861505e0e0520f9df7e9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f435.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF435 17832 bytes
SHA-256: e88e634c9e8a40b64fb48fb58852b645044bc4213ad23f90d909af3af8c9cd46
font_02_sfnt_off000121f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x121F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1