Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2249114cf8b2352…

MALICIOUS

PDF

92.4 KB Created: 2021-07-03 02:04:42 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-29
MD5: 08c5248e220a2ef547a99e17dc6fee6e SHA-1: 158da567040e6d50e9ba3ccac05fed5abfe4e803 SHA-256: f2249114cf8b23525ccbddd53f93e23bd8860b4a71ea9fd917d6275e1e954bfc
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to host malicious files. The presence of a 'download button' lure and callback phishing indicators further supports a phishing or scam campaign. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely to deliver a second-stage payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9927

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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.ideaklinik.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0c7ae094e8---72289881363.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://texmet.pl/userimages/file/livaketofutasogi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahoba85.com/clients/2/26/26d353b61ac95a99d7df5001a3d58300/File/39085812675.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/159k3p5l094ki0ed90a9m572d1/18593699873.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inclinedigital.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3e40688055---6432253368.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://antoinepanau.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f25fe479c290485d3de1e871302902ad/vavunititorepulubawib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sarujiovalente.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u4pfc3u9o2rb9ll48atk2a9nhv/17918396704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/29608840039.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thedreams.cz/files/58496446301.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canhtoanland.com/upload/files/naraxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckyassessoria.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be5385b6913---68577647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capitalsyndic.com/userfiles/file/67112375548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goteneplast.se/files/images/file/bifegokamafulizojimisemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ponderosafestival.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b28ddb6dbdb---86325754462.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.fr/uploads/file/kuzakawumumulex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advicezone.org.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/q2pabi5i8uj1vr7rikc0r8e4gu/21542876979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worksafeorg.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1o5jn4sm4it6gdo9gl6tdidq70/92611013359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andrenickels.de/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gozojitabalefejikogo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iso-clean.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c09b304fcc---2595171218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ivanda-commerce.hr/userfiles/file/9030619664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fizjolech.pl/userfiles/file/46069723215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joy05.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/vupulipimuxavinin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alphaveneers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aada1435f5a2e8bdf73275a9500c2364/21105419416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=group+2+question+paper+2018+pdf+downloadPDF 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 17288 bytes
SHA-256: dc161837ed805a3589746e6f0f15709311a558c51d9f1407db9f883a4061b827
font_01_sfnt_off00011b43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11B43 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 9d5144547e0b729630886a3ad3ce48e7da84b0115899dd9c2390406af6f0fecd
font_02_sfnt_off00013089.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13089 11364 bytes
SHA-256: 4ac067f9e49440ee1fd1a2062ab24285c8d95ac49828b4d570d90f2c70b27bcd
font_03_sfnt_off00014b60.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14B60 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1