Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2150d54b16d26bbd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-06 01:07:23 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 7aed294c12279dffc22366ebbd27c204 SHA-1: 13a24b024adc6b6eff008442e21e65bee5e77410 SHA-256: 2150d54b16d26bbdb09be71236e793c57f7aa1707a1a6dedfdeaddf65b22cfba
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links pointing to potentially compromised websites, suggesting an attempt to distribute further malicious content. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using disposable hosting and compromised sites to host or link to malicious files. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support the malicious nature of this file.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9765

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://p87.hu/files/81646129315.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://susta.vn/userfiles/file/pedanafugobofuxu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vivelamusica.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85267025a2---27181833969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagumul.com/file_upload/spaw_upload/file/20210515181250.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://protradingindia.net/userfiles/file/numewolise.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eske.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d97fbe45276---51419274003.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medtek.vn/storage/file/bijesokedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://everbeenmagnet.com/js/upfiles/files/sesugoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c32d06d51b2---15567935114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiovalentini.eu/userfiles/files/72022806237.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7bc1c866b434bc509654ee47b1e0b5f/gegekejupevezanizaluk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.etbsupplies.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ebc898e69---69497659683.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accidentmatters.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/riruxenut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://akiyastyle.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pipepofutefuridivegepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recviem.ru/img/upload/15815592682.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.idromeccanicasrl.com/idromeccanicasrl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b6aef803c10bbea61e97c0b7600bd0c0/lutabakosunurosugolepu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geometrarontani.it/userfiles/files/2502201998.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://firegallery.ru/img/upload/484824617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://high-keenltd.com/userfiles/file/vidotekikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/bowupetakovapaperajas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ud2-140.com/files/99555799803.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ardechetendancebrut.fr/userfiles/ardechetendancebrut.fr/file/zamamavotuturatemulurimof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dgjinhak.kr/DATA/upload/files/202106050325211173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://astek-telem.fr/userfiles/file/92429063560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2004d7583d560eba22df76ec6bdb73b1/96020860870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ethiquedevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/351eee173a80d751cbf66a0be6c7c2de/64536595832.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=download+contract+killer+zombies+origins+mod+apkPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000eed4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEED4 17784 bytes
SHA-256: ed392c6855843379088ff77396a057b948960cf51f197e97df4eee57dbff3396
font_01_sfnt_off00011d83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D83 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013590.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13590 1672 bytes
SHA-256: 3f1748778f03e7b7e2d3a6c88ca15ef060a02f224cd71155e662fde9dd4c56c7
font_03_sfnt_off00013d83.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D83 11236 bytes
SHA-256: 8b0b1dd44bfff3d7a99692eeeac2f69b1995d06f36ba1d935d611089f2fbc367