Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f2fcc9b8b1077014…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 07:06:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2026-06-13
MD5: c95b45d08235ab706bf36374bcdb0751 SHA-1: 127365609cea885d62d8b1381547c0019fad3771 SHA-256: f2fcc9b8b1077014460ba54d1a925d95208d518a8cfbc1a92abe91acb415092d
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and numerous links, many pointing to compromised or disposable hosting. The presence of a visual download button lure and the ML classifier's high confidence score indicate a malicious intent to trick users into downloading further payloads. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the download or execution of these payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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
  • 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 https://mimpidia2.com/contents/files/83780229486.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://csptech.net/admin/userfiles/file/43942553075.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jmbarrenetxea.soinuenea.eus/files/galeria/files/73556957049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cambresisemploi.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/24703389269.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpm-sa.com/userfiles/file/xutuvonavibowimituf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zechnerbau.at/images/content/files/vogekenepidomavozolowaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asdgolfclubtoscana.com/writable/public/userfiles/file/tofalolinuvofu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161395ccb0b90b---85877604434.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lesbambousbleus.fr/ckeditor/upload/files/judeduzomoxijapano.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ubytovani-budejovice.cz/picture/vtextu/file/54961548176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hermandadperdon.es/userfiles/file/86333463439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://avs-market.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/sanubowowos.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsoftyazilim.com/genelresimler/file/dubazusitenobaxubuzixax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newmob.it/userfiles/files/vogisabitokumezelizelotu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/41e4073a8d5fa8816e1d8d350fab7998/63740812355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kompaspt2.com/contents/files/kupatijuditixoni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-trading-knotwork.de/uploads/media/bubatolenodarepadipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yam-token.com/business_school/uploads/file/21347375508.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aaar.cat/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/19525223414.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://recamonde.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612eac231d5e5---remosazavajane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.liveartsaskatchewan.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346d896e7b4---sibetaruperinuzojop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercedesbenzofaustinservice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161346200321b2---54682762182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wheelmartthailand.com/image/upload/File/43101173719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totalfinance.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161398780b3cfc---gopemelufedufetinobete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floridainvestment.cz/files/file/24950917367.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=facebook+hack+mod+apkPDF 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_off0000d9ea.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9EA 10380 bytes
SHA-256: b4019f1d70a745f1d3eec38657c1869b5f1d0225bf1069dc38d52843df54d898
font_01_sfnt_off0000f121.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF121 18696 bytes
SHA-256: 20577e7e0199056b5cb0512a9328842192d6d194a8db30c338752fe40af8a8b3
font_02_sfnt_off00012134.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12134 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1