Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 cbc3479c9abbc98c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-20 13:00:19 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: cd09bb8bf034a2be428464e87d60a94f SHA-1: 5f0610f7ab22f6bcca610645252365952b06ba82 SHA-256: cbc3479c9abbc98c21eccec248cce19456587930cea383faaca07b51fa6f336b
184 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. Heuristics indicate the presence of embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The document's structure and heuristic firings strongly suggest a callback phishing or tech-support scam, aiming to trick users into initiating contact via phone.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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 http://uniroll.pl/user_images/file/ranoroguxubite.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://oreoltour.ru/sites/default/files/file/98113522455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3e-machinery.ru/app/webroot/filesfiles/zetitivusasudunodu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanchang.chinatupai.com/web/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zesifufatixilibajunevewum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kammatrans.com/userfiles/files/25197143129.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://martensmgt.com/business_school/uploads/file/solukonig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://taipeitccia.org/CKEdit/upload/files/jenakaguferem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seritour.com/rsm/files/50279378996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://taiwan-casters.com/userfiles/file/6019563445.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barbazan-debat.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sonovixerufevanaviwikoru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beadvised.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eaed8e250e52fc2460a1c085d4bbd9d8/80048216965.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geyikkimya.com/userfiles/upload/file/85736120461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stcatherine.ac.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136436c0273e---gotapexelazozetonilotukip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ngaa.org.au/application/third_party/ckfinder/userfiles/files/15069423641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soroptimist.be/oldsite/intranet/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/images/files/roditamep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delphin-restaurant.com/ckfinder/upload/files/16174153642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/lokavurusefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freemansphotography.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140544e17504---65720170243.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://noithatachau.vn/webroot/img/files/kezimajijot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imagebrandstudio.com/userfiles/file/sawojigoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abovomedia.hu/_user/file/zosusikulewuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comlark.ru/userfiles/files/41954357071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suma.ca/upload/editor/file/kenep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://westhollywood.ilovepokebar.com/uploads/files/76804673187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.zaantraining.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144fcdde2f13---zusofurojuxogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=vodafone+ghana+internet+settings+for+android+phonesPDF 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_off0000f474.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF474 10700 bytes
SHA-256: 24c10e408a3d4330859eef0418f7102b5c8513349e8c45ce4334f572c09a0a4c
font_01_sfnt_off00010cc4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10CC4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000124d6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D6 17620 bytes
SHA-256: e14b60e8b97bb8527d21f8974161d92ac77728fdc13ef37f8d1e2f1d7cac4325