Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2750de2030443de8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.6 KB Created: 2021-07-04 21:32:50 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: 1987a278be23d45331da7cc25f234428 SHA-1: 0583e2552aad02383b4331ea136c1db1bc89f4b1 SHA-256: 2750de2030443de8434ac39cc7d1c0686a98d513b685a177065eb9a7315e6217
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious File

This PDF was flagged by ML classifiers and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malicious files. The document body, though obfuscated, contains metadata indicating it was generated by wkhtmltopdf, and heuristics suggest it acts as a lure for fake invoices or callback phishing scams.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • Fake invoice / payment lure low SE_INVOICE_LURE
    Document contains invoice or payment language paired with an action verb — useful context when combined with link, macro, or attachment indicators
  • 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://goref.ru/files/file/lubodoxilir.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160982ee39c5ce---88047546556.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ac6641a03b---42658926516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://infoenergie-loire.org/userfiles/file/jafubejazajapakegen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.uvhk.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d7251d9f50---wekiwejaruravukolegexud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/xagubabotofozoveb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2ccabd436f---45074500753.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://glotecgh.com/upload/editor/file/mekusefoxevusimijoduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimbuunguyen.com/uploads/userfiles/file/rebogorakikunalixes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dipinkrishna.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d0872659bc---39629040623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mitsubishilongbien.vn/images/ckeditor/files/nadatusonewoxokijuwe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.costaverde.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160795f9ecdaad---86040426501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ced75e296c3a8923b684bfcc44ce58a9/pejivaduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://goldenapp.net/file/26782474264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cjr7u7380fnd75pgronrlbl75i/34447439427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf0c98b6814---sejapufagatex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elonsummerstorage.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c6e0b917184---tixugidenotesakunagibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/91853885771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://makaifruits.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c9bc66ee43d---30706583320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=adept+driver+certification+test+answersPDF 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_off0000e851.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE851 17616 bytes
SHA-256: 02c89afa173d0dcc25f2a6eef74002e57821cded5f19d307a729c45ce63a632a
font_01_sfnt_off000116c7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x116C7 10700 bytes
SHA-256: d4dbd3acdc5b60fad23e6d20c2e82a8f642809eb271ad2bd950b0df0c46f9e40
font_02_sfnt_off00012f92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12F92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1