Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e2abb2522c92dc33…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.2 KB Created: 2021-09-18 07:18:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: a234359bce1fe0968cd293cf244dc1d2 SHA-1: 3fc1a0a44b4b4dcdf3a0630c4ed7f026dc0f13a5 SHA-256: e2abb2522c92dc33133f800a99c0b8c23097a5ede6269a0fdb7108c54044d08c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document exhibits characteristics of a callback phishing or tech-support scam, as indicated by the 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic. It contains numerous embedded URLs, many pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content or redirect users. The ML classifier strongly flags this PDF as malicious, and ClamAV confirms detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with a malicious lure designed to trick users into initiating contact.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=programma+per+aggiornare+android PDF link annotation
    • http://goodfortune.hk/UpLoadFile/file///tosojanuwajixenokoxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elitacasa.it/images/file/mukabotofapuribibero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://europawindow.com/app/webroot/img/main_content/files/pojojurovosoxuxewub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://centrorevisionimonregalese.it/file/83410256683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thaicockstar.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/51462032064.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sql110.com/pic/25346571900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bienchidan.org/uploads/files/16179453927.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410e71713b6---kukisosepikikunife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iece.in/userfiles/file/36478320987.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://detmers-kontejner.hr/files/16293082239.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://traiteur-troyes-mariage-buffet-aube-10.blaisot-traiteur.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/88476986975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinabomi.com/uploads/userfiles/file/tomimixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zhouzhuanx.com/v15/Upload/file/20219181152437031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://merrygoldholidays.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fevazitarazododerasol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://paintingservicesonline.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16144b313e1398---69455288294.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anapro.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tokezekubenuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://led7.ru/file/89960617415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://muahohangnhat.com/app/webroot/uploads/files/98588908607.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://upoart.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fepovanopiwano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alde-pace.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/3447497041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kaemsp.org/upload/editor/file/4870884183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kystop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e3beafd8cae39ac126d57799bbc05350/1685219924.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_off0000f8a2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF8A2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000110b9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x110B9 10424 bytes
SHA-256: 62bbe6b7657da8896d477d436cf465e584043218f8feedd288db15e40b398611
font_02_sfnt_off00012806.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12806 17948 bytes
SHA-256: c9fbc32230a4a12188135b482b0d604fa44e3363a86f1ce553f51d7b3f529dee

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