Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2fe1291d06a229fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-30 17:58:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: f56306cad8087ed29937627d7ee7b23d SHA-1: 5b336ea8e79d84b01d62b2e5689029efe1421519 SHA-256: 2fe1291d06a229fc7db14f45b6b372b6905a824e14e9b0e8227c0a1cbcc3da35
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF is identified as a phishing lure due to its image-only nature and embedded clickable links. Heuristics indicate it's designed to trick users into visiting external URLs, with multiple links pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or scamming purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9954

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://laborke.ru/uplcv?utm_term=best+hacking+softwares+for+android PDF link annotation
    • http://uro-medical.pl/zdjecia/fotki/file/67866767264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mppoa.cloudlinesystems.com/assets/ckfinder/userfiles/files/48798762751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erodiertechnik-wenzel.de/userfiles/file/jaxinotigaxamubapikigodun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.verpoort-bouw.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16155cb44411af---78736833066.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://priscar.com/documents/files/kotufowojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovelyspa.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/memozuzapiwodibuje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tongshengchem.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bagogulu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lerong.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2bb6e83dd147e7b6acbae18dface42bf/34562083182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greenlakecruises.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40651227231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cuacuonnhanh.vn/Images_upload/files/xazevusadosub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ssaisarang.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/74970473060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://internet-trade.cz/UserFiles/file/64313916416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pyramidplaster.com/file_media/file_image/file/xapagawogevaporarududezo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.alex-vasilkov.ru/images/wisdom/file/6389579467.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klemanpince.hu/files/file/nazirezovuxogulexewul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiomanzella.com/userfiles/files/75967772027.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jcnjl.com/userfiles/files/dabazebasemedasas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://czdashan.cn/uploadfile/file/2021091419012673499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://happyfun.tw/uploads/files/202109050900234160.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chayka-svg.ru/files/bajitefipiseposijigojawoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-separation-supplier.com/d/files/dumijoxari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freehajjandumrah.com/admin/admin/uploadfiles/file/famitununegawajija.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/227cb75b8c5085a699a4ad98c348c5cf/kiwikizopijuzamanekep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mimpishio1bet.net/contents/files/jevozapinigusefamez.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_off0000adef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xADEF 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000c606.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC606 10940 bytes
SHA-256: a0ab671084c240e134f87d87759448019256a676d7f29585c529ddf071712959
font_02_sfnt_off0000df40.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF40 14096 bytes
SHA-256: c816fd52f46c7cb40d2e35001bb2b1a81a3a9bcdaf760babd1c1daa5aa29b04c