Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 4150fa5d915251aa…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.0 KB Created: 2021-06-27 14:04:12 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 1ef5b4e4e3678e359a871410c81b0806 SHA-1: ec6d79f9b8ea8a423ca953af73775ecfbb309f8a SHA-256: 4150fa5d915251aa843885b79aed368bddf4694ef2f1a31b08940a673bb5952d
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains numerous links, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites and other disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for SEO spam or phishing. The presence of PRC/3D content is unusual for a benign document and may be used to obscure malicious elements.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9924

Heuristics 7

  • PRC/3D content in PDF medium CVE related PDF_PRC_3D
    PDF contains PRC 3D content. PRC/U3D parsers have been a recurring Adobe Reader attack surface; treat as a related parser-exploit indicator rather than a specific CVE match.
  • 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.
  • 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://www.rekalibracija.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e579dbfd78cc480bfaa8071eac145919/senijanurigesoluka.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092548adde07---pilapesirali.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxpgw.com/userfiles/file/mugitokorusot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bba6e7b0f1---71065043264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vorne-sitzen.eu/pcms/content/file/98374061431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/18d280b4f404912032673dc2add5aa91/fowurerilajovaligojepozim.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sp3siemianowice.pl/userFiles/files/vifopejijetafuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robbinsfamilyhealthcare.com/clients/2/2c/2c787fa606fc56c3a3a24dfc5409695f/File/juwajubavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comfortinnbarrie.com/phpsites/vertical_living/uploads/file/lesepedato.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://velvetskin.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/84344d252049a8689d2921add6e39663/wofutuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ayersworthglen.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072a6c4c637a---23499416993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/daedd1cbaba9c4788ddab3608c421e6c/66824104410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e94p4taqa75lshlq9mjmnv2v9i/54535996516.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cb7e9ed8b2---zabizumavasosogijusadut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/idj1275bi7gmridp1bsk0llf77/81492445588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahdongjiu.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-7/20210507065701675853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bf-pomosch.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gm3eroai6cm533frvc5fpj7i76/diridodovalagupiduf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lakeshoresmilesdentistry.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/di9rq9nic1sv705i70vmua7424/51776904708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca3a5b12c90---tadopuvi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ajivikafinance.com/userfiles/file/91650880283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allycatering.com/userfiles/xaregonakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://caacoding.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b595a6ba126---96628458149.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elektrobetrieb-scholz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082b74cc36dc---bisiwakalixugukipijafuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alternatifmedikal.com/img/userfiles/files/46502682245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=wh+words+listPDF 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_off0000ee02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEE02 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001060f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1060F 2280 bytes
SHA-256: 727ee4e6bee8be6e49cb512ddfa1aea5293d69505f8d254befe90a2ba61baaf6
font_02_sfnt_off00011022.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11022 10028 bytes
SHA-256: 9bc447aaad7ad1dccae7b1794ef34786efd65f5d1cd560bba5b4fb03ecfca6b4
font_03_sfnt_off00012683.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12683 19724 bytes
SHA-256: ba76275179c4cbc02de61bf8eb3d03e2bfb574d923f1ef4cd278134e8e4ac1c3