Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c33a831597b2f9af…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.9 KB Created: 2021-09-05 05:59:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: d0b2f9c8e5b3d2d27138327f064c2859 SHA-1: dd4de33b7d67e1984150d6cd8c6fd794b009fd5b SHA-256: c33a831597b2f9aff502588a382ee4782b2c2a8637f4579ae667f00b012a71cf
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. The heuristics indicate it functions as a link farm, with many URLs pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick the user into calling a phone number, a common tactic in tech-support scams and callback phishing operations. No scripts were extracted from this sample.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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://xn----ftbkdcamitb5h.xn--p1acf/files/fck/file/43061652624.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dom-nenilovo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c3379fce4903cfe48fa701c37e42b48c/66820812387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmik-kinoteatr.ru/sadm_files/jeludomev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d57cdb61ad3---4555873245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kalirich.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjj56utm0fk5l3uc14neip8d92/55844810102.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aunay-sous-auneau.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48087447700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lcd96.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a31bb9c4773ee4b9d0a9087edd946f91/93088626685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prmakeup.com/Image/files/39318448503.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/v7q5iiphvsjiug4tog6ui710jc/tifadoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whuntex.ru/userfiles/file/davaganuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hilltopperalumni.com/clients/9/93/936f23dc4abb03f6d4a1aae2c8a32781/File/vizuzewop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cheers-gifts.com/userfiles/77587415979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://champion-osk.pl/userfiles/file/midumunob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/80vhp0o17f6vbr2h84nk1vkca2/28544931606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jadever.vn/Images_upload/files/77349145468.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xsjsbzrw.com/uploads/files/libuwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a8b36442d581c3e58ba449a681006a1/60151095715.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tomas-music.com/contents//files/41926802073.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://clearpatth.com/userfiles/file/vumukewabegejarogoxokusum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boekenwinkelindex.nl/images/uploads/67916727935.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rococosofa.com/files/files/kukorokubuxapil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098b309a2101---ruvosawojipajoju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.maarsehoveniers.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d782c32f77---40210947345.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nbrownies.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f5616abccd5---romasenezeluf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=hypsography+of+the+continents+and+ocean+floor+pdfPDF 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_off0000d54b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD54B 11004 bytes
SHA-256: 54b30dc99b074a6c978d9236cdd2d99334c4be95cbf01e556d9cc73b5c2e9b16
font_01_sfnt_off0000ee9a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE9A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000106ac.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x106AC 16600 bytes
SHA-256: a0ce7b515735fdcc35348f4ae1e6e91c5232010e451aa90afd35ec5be302db59