Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2f4731dc4256dd18…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.9 KB Created: 2021-07-08 09:47:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 7f1d1d238d82881d95fb427f96a349a1 SHA-1: ef8fd022fcedf8b172ae9b9da7c34eee2f69a925 SHA-256: 2f4731dc4256dd18d462d4114855a902b32b927a23abd507023060e92f12b89a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting domains, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of embedded URLs and the nature of the heuristics suggest an attempt to exploit user trust through deceptive links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9942

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://synerhu.ru/uplcv?utm_term=vogue+pool+installation+manual PDF link annotation
    • http://lifecare4all.com/upload/files/8160354656.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lindopoint.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6eccdba9d0ed06a428721dce40424e96/wuzinalubawokarabupifosem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aovne0hmhks26t1mef37i2bj60/xizemurupigirapejofulo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcelasemper.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b3aae66aae---83669185166.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a98a4d8402c---21017669492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.movingintofreedom.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608899c06a3de---3670886024.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://terrach.ch/file/90840064563.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://designclarf.it/file/rivuwofobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/74184200585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thefencedocumentary.com/adminfiles/file/1798413625.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fondationmonetoile.org/clients/0/0e/0ecfe6182781ff486fe5156d2e85c11d/File/20008230193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swotin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609637f0afbd0---30542157061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cfo-search.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c629781a653---60756031183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yournew.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sh3t0cpfq824ivg260d414gq48/fefugabezadewelez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://acgroupenterprise.com/userfiles/file/vawanisoposiwupujuxagide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bortran.com/upload/image/file/20210514054915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://saludocupacionalpso.com/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aa3ae9b7bd8---tidosokebabejelag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://worldkelo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abdb94e7223cb781072332a64378bc44/nibudiwobekotowekipomor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eatorhours.org/e-bussiness/fckimages/file/56611054957.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://broadstripe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8303fbc52a1df2241227204b3195199c/74008714841.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cornucopiafrederick.com/uploads/files/28014609994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldnaturalfood.com/image/upload/File/zuvixunefixefokanefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettipassarinmarzotto.com/userfiles/files/22624420244.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6e9ccb9b0ed829cc7c5658a70ec008df/63461227122.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_off0000fc82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFC82 19952 bytes
SHA-256: 86f8798579e09ded415e817d210aa49803997ccde33f2dbf9394cdba89f64da7
font_01_sfnt_off000131f0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131F0 10564 bytes
SHA-256: 61b061a7c1bce057e8df7726ab526db6fc5ac204660fece11f69efd53bacd88a
font_02_sfnt_off00014a13.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14A13 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1