Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c2f5469c2af1c6e9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.7 KB Created: 2021-07-02 04:51:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 1f1f5ed7bdd10a95da6825791586d216 SHA-1: a7b801340e0d7eb41c506137716e4d4a4a25a4ee SHA-256: c2f5469c2af1c6e97c3e0ae9dd28f235484b7f4de6548fabdfb014e9213e850c
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious content or phishing pages. The 'SE_CALLBACK_LURE' heuristic indicates a potential callback phishing or tech-support scam pattern, further supported by the presence of numerous URLs that are likely part of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9970

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6a39d455a57bba7b1538b73f6682f331/81783976736.pdf
    • https://atolab.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b30ec5f4a25af4cfd34cf9998a2ad31/totisobegoduxupisal.pdf
    • https://chupwo.com/editor_upload/file/40164996783.pdf
    • https://www.energetisch-therapeut-estie.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb61a4c4f83---51967826564.pdf
    • http://anhuizpyy.com/upload_fck/file/2021-4-30/20210430141306983286.pdf
    • http://www.gametimecatering.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609410b966e32---vitojinuzuresef.pdf
    • http://www.teeintact.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/file/xuwafiroxexuretaxalubupo.pdf
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b11fa247033---43613999693.pdf
    • http://www.pointcookelectrician.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078d6cb6b032---vimebolakizilegunab.pdf
    • https://www.burit.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5328119103---judupiwamojosi.pdf
    • http://deltastal.ru/userfiles/file/46969719138.pdf
    • https://sidexsideaudio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075fb617c4d4---47103833222.pdf
    • https://mfdesign.hu/files/file/40352421421.pdf
    • http://krindustria.com.br/site/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b17ffc10d64---jukuwiwemilimigibij.pdf
    • http://firmykominkowe.pl/Obrazki/edytor/file/gojosalimekumamuzuxis.pdf
    • https://rmdschoolandcollege.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ls14ck0jg0nfa3guldbamlhp34/winosolimuboxisenurekivi.pdf
    • http://www.conectadoscomdeus.tv/arquivos/file/kawuponisogavowani.pdf
    • https://saatyapi.com/upload/ckfinder/files/patitozemogodafir.pdf
    • https://www.edutechusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16098798dc4d21---23947637508.pdf
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a13df2e7d1f---fasomevatezoxino.pdf
    • https://www.lumisolar.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8558b7a4f0---kopeba.pdf
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=endocrine+clinic+near+me
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000efcf.bin
4b05d12dcb9780b320dc9661d3a12947fb382a9f4e40a3993b071b0d194519a1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEFCF 17816 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00011ef1.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF1 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00013708.bin
0a3d0dae57c08edf01447700ffdc7109de8d75e4b23c3dafbb4833a874c2ca06
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13708 10248 bytes