Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 1fd2846855fe9aca…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 07:54:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-20
MD5: ff5d6d24bbdc2ca0d3cfc0094bbff1ee SHA-1: 90b84b9b852616ca312aa4878acacf252b89c949 SHA-256: 1fd2846855fe9aca9c6a57d51a5180d8f52f2880bfb1d0e62b88f517bbf06841
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF document contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it is part of a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'federal taxes due 2021' UTM parameter in one URL indicates a phishing lure. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9964

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) or Microsoft license-boilerplate 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://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b98b8c32df4---tefivojujupitaxizekatevop.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://carstenrath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tqnc59tpi94dmfqe3q4siiqq8r/medajosigipivalitasubaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bridalchapel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a1849840036---80245373782.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vincityhomes.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vevn5a7c4on2cpp814ftig35ii/48688114342.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refour.dk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6c1e6dcac5e45d53916145e35cd4c511/96917144633.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ogblfrontaliers.fr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/irosf5sfourh6vdlcethj234n1/gowotidezalutimex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/wakafixufat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.webtony.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cf3174374e---98987528201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stmarys-perthamboy.com/upload/File/gevuditamojonagowif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nacionalequipamentos.com/ckeditor/uploads/files/pukuvusojewewezanusizilo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://costabravas.com/uploads/localidades/files/32116444560.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://targhevaticane.it/userfiles/files/15468345165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mtntoproyalshihtzus.com/clients/4/42/42f4769cb4f2467af64fea76c5682520/File/bedoduviridowaguromapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rowtheerne.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/46672308719dbc7d3637d6a234d45bed/96961558979.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://davisnewfoundlandfamilyreunion.com/clients/60627/File/xevirumumuvibuna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cakenflowersonline.com/userfiles/file/17741211547.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081b29a09b1b---35045899418.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thankschicken.com/uploads/files/34543768171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba332b6ac58---wosowarilategabimuxuxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hmv.ir/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160837d3bd741d---rupejuwimuzedetolutupik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a230cd59349---wetumijale.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pr-jam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/46142011259.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=federal+taxes+due+2021PDF 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_off0000ef09.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF09 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010720.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10720 10396 bytes
SHA-256: dfae4d8ddce582d00fac4d07cf8f070ee0282815936c174250b2f54feaada383
font_02_sfnt_off00011ef0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11EF0 17116 bytes
SHA-256: cb20247e05afdcd16edb0c0881e60e3b5fd0fc30609f863b02b3f2c0b8524c58