Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2c961540b0c64fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-07-25 22:00:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: f93f9d15812711927f2c81b6b02087f4 SHA-1: 0129e8219a337be7d542c45a6a176db6fe2e59c4 SHA-256: f2c961540b0c64fc12e09d46dc09429ddf426bbb7e3b635c782d669645406718
212 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and multiple links to external PDF files hosted on various domains, suggesting it's part of a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The 'SE_CLICKFIX' heuristic indicates social engineering tactics to prompt user interaction, likely to bypass security measures and execute a payload. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly support its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 9

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • ClickFix social engineering attack high SE_CLICKFIX
    Document instructs the user to press Win+R or paste a command into a terminal — consistent with ClickFix attacks that bypass macro restrictions by tricking users into running malicious commands directly
  • 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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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 http://caffepontoni.com/uploads/file/wivuzosulategujemerom.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grh6j6ink6ch3pibentcjpvh29/rolizakibamuzago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://space1500.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2caa756c99adbaad2f75d1626c18f663/93941191259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lawtutors.co.uk/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/66730306589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accuratesearch.com/userfiles/file/niperigubufizafonimolu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aurorabersinar2.com/contents//files/kadixu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4522a7018554958ef88ad79ea3b2e9d6/43196821988.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://swimproject.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/773c110b89fd60e2aeb78ced0be3ec93/tinaviwedurirakakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://beaumont-residence.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8n451c9tkja2edki8id6gv2ks/nipepumifibitubi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://walkandsmile.com/userfiles/file/rolefejewulavov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.norestim.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c79b5094fd4---51343907451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a4e39448cf---84731540259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dlt-nkp.com/fileupload//file/26948044357.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gs-hemeringen.de/ablage/userfiles/files/sikegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moveo-sport.pl/userfiles/file/ramopugewubisimezamudud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://osiindia.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/75449198264.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.elementstraining.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16m6qpsivo52h6om11rfumog4c/xigunodamebujemipolazezu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://itaindustrial.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607260da91b15---23449426297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zemiigori.com/uploads/file/famojaxomakebawijam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parfumzone.ro/files/file/52838082950.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sospapa24.com/lib/ckfinder/imgupload/files/54714385666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160aea63df2c4a---79824837893.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=unable+to+terminate+process+access+is+denied+windows+server+2012PDF 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 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000f425.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF425 11268 bytes
SHA-256: f75a1605f40fd1d8cac7c58a5b99851a3ebeeae8c2b18e5a5d3c4ef5ac352f45
font_01_sfnt_off00010e7f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E7F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012691.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12691 17436 bytes
SHA-256: f16bdcf18fe6a4beb9938eb64bb8185a4b209b3b7bb2d7af17f8fae2beea5426