Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 73e8f9b12b8dff58…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.7 KB Created: 2021-07-30 16:19:22 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-23
MD5: c132336d0de3ff606944e86727329c7a SHA-1: 78085cd139b37a1bc01879891658072d188c7c0e SHA-256: 73e8f9b12b8dff580decf5cf945e1212458ed381808ec1197c6d8a5569454525
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was flagged by multiple heuristics as malicious, including a high-confidence ML classifier and ClamAV detection. It functions as a link farm, containing numerous embedded URLs that point to external sites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress upload directories. The presence of urgency and callback lures suggests a phishing or scam attempt, aiming to trick users into clicking malicious links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9987

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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://skyfireconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03d185mlh6urled38kg6bqsbkv/27539387118.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://asijskepotraviny.cz/files/file/tegora.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.jahnigterbraak.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609fd57e30de7---jivutadifu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ecole.ru/text/images/file/47900898452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apsara.ru/userfiles/file/novojapigadupijizexexu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://microfocus-realize2020mea.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/22e0dfa9fe0650a68470464cffa92025/kopitamakipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asigurareingermania.ro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/vl5p9rotkmsslpc81iompvc3gh/84532320795.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovechardonnayhills.com/userimages/8266676574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://erfolgsapp.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c42bb538c52---7091155709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0efc6afcc12517545c23c473e8dbf85d/89834282444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ijpdua.com/contents//files/bogoroguredal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/45954396370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brenno-tojestto.pl/userfiles/file/todapifiretuwuzosogidi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cf27fb2a1b7870cfe5ce87191d012b1/46830447048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.makattakasinti.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c7faa16497---vulofug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yellowmangocafe.com/userfiles/file/96708969305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://qualitylightsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/eb9e87834ba032fb1f134d31d6c3d3f2/40599973881.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asustainable.com/global/file/wukedanu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olympicwroclaw.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/13219594992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://industrialsupplies.pk/userfiles/files/47633693870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twfbs.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/40076589188.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fb8d69434783a4a6f1bf9d58dcc7f992/41203878293.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.patricktennis.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e1a0735cded---7423866340.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=allu+arjun+movie+surya+the+soldier+hindiPDF 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_off0000f4c6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4C6 10904 bytes
SHA-256: af0ab65462d24c9f93d323809d8c67b9ca95ed4fa28c55a699c89770e6e2453e
font_01_sfnt_off00010dcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DCC 17384 bytes
SHA-256: 3a0cb42dbd64d130b5086b6e7acf1734d8b9716d7c662bcb2711b0afc4b652c1
font_02_sfnt_off00013bcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13BCC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1