Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2dc2503120e24c28…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.5 KB Created: 2021-08-29 13:07:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: e5c06ce34955be6cc5c323f66b8dffd2 SHA-1: 9deca3a77f3a2058891813f9b472134cb3f8f134 SHA-256: 2dc2503120e24c281efcca818f24b308ef2d10126e43d7eed42093ae84e558ac
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to compromised websites, indicating it is designed to deliver a malicious payload or redirect users to phishing sites. The heuristic 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' strongly suggests the document's purpose is to trick users into calling a fraudulent support number, a common tactic in tech-support scams. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further confirm its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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 https://vmkstroi.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/20606cee0e989990018aa2a43d189c94/teban.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.emma-solutions.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099a54ad7a08---86272276660.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/userfiles/file/butanaludirumixarix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://flex-link.cn/uploadfiles/files/92940842628.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hairtransplantmangalore.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/vavotalezogajuvesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rajezegoburalumuseroduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16102fbb65055a---kuvevirixaserin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56b2100061ee36eeccc769aeb39f2db8/kewudub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mozartcantat.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160830aac6c457---tesulifafapituradetogisid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inlovehuahin.com/file_media/file_image/file/kovekolabifobizurumufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bielle-srl.com/userfiles/files/kunujafewisijimefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pr-jam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48986630888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adbadog.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d05ce2dd6af4272d2fbdf0050ed21b6b/84983254114.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawina-radom.pl/files/file/bafivajiva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://roadtoring.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e0d685085b8f8d223ef86303f2de868a/sanexikara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610314662b44f---26742635418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://myphambambi.com/webroot/img/files/46061557029.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://firsatpin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/33103028149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://comicpapyrus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a28f01f8ec2e65b2e199cfaa153c640/vagozum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sportsslife.net/upload/ckfinder/files/nagepisozewovova.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bayihoki99.com/contents//files/41798352946.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.heksan.com.pl/file/zazetemositiwulilirokatog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.emailposte.com/pictures/720635892.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://albarossa.jp/js/upload/files/sizarabadines.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ccb7f34928---12163262282.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=20ft+by+30ft+house+plansPDF 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_off0000d3a0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD3A0 16548 bytes
SHA-256: 51c662d440a644d7dd2b1718a34ceee85995bc99718e6cf0c29d81bb1a61a86f
font_01_sfnt_off0000fe87.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFE87 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0001169e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1169E 10936 bytes
SHA-256: ee9f7869b31fc028e3ca138bff93042839754c85be25226e64c72e397b246082