Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cb3e75d4177516bf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.6 KB Created: 2021-09-24 23:21:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: 300b89fbbf985d1d7b1f5eda1848b742 SHA-1: 5d220a41d8515f51d7f64df1356cc4664f66d35d SHA-256: cb3e75d4177516bf6a637a6d19acab2b5754b376faffc0798fbeea949f75294c
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document contains embedded JavaScript and multiple external links, indicating it is designed to lead users to malicious websites or potentially download further payloads. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic strongly suggests a callback phishing attempt, where the user is prompted to call a number for a fake issue. The presence of ClamAV detection and ML classification further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9893

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://garglob.ru/uplcv?utm_term=things+you+need+in+minecraft PDF link annotation
    • http://mellorymotors.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/80308428232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.advids.io/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614365faed2dd---30308157779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nineslash.com/user_file/file/nemiwatafazipifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synergyproperty.com/images/files/67882456062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn----9sbkvfu2aex3d.xn--p1ai/ckfinder/userfiles/files/17410337992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://purepoem.com/resource/docContentImg/file/2021-09-11/20b1b470e00e15b4c8401a9b44164c2d.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.lifestaralberta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16142211c45134---sojolofuperukijafosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/mefikidubawisexov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://namadagaskare.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riripupevojanuluribodot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lipca.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kimapalagiwopilivata.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cicimanis.com/contents/files/rosugunisijezoxalepubube.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://oferta.lt/i/File/tusavibabad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://edmo-cars.nl/images/file/77897844968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gartenstadt-apotheke.com/userfiles/file/fexoti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gvs-russia.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/buzobawesirigomexutiwesit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161393e7656dd4---bovativev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614bc05747b86---mukule.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://francescasciortino.it/userfiles/files/fefesitinop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euro520.net/userfiles/file/16312141441429292254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dol-rtknetwork.com/uploads/files/dunoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://podiummoda.ru/userfiles/file/49885521153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://livelyway.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42250183568.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adm.stikom-db.ac.id/js/uploads/files/69778647577.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cottingham-group.com/cufiles/files/pazovenaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zadonskiy.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131abd3c22bf---wozumawuwojelinevamofug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indexone.ru/upload/file/buduxokaporofejekiri.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_off0000b31f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB31F 11052 bytes
SHA-256: 5f000725de4f5949f133ba4906698f517c676e8a859b967a81accdbd2934ea4e
font_01_sfnt_off0000cc80.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCC80 15880 bytes
SHA-256: 07972f5d1897cb4cce7d8ac0ed21d52445e72194b82c1fbfd80a836a80461901
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4F5 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1