Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 872074748a235f71…

MALICIOUS

PDF

100.2 KB Created: 2021-06-26 12:06:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-08-25
MD5: 920e614efcf76cc0152a4d0b41184bec SHA-1: 8bd70cbcf5c5ee4564fdeec67ca5e39864b568a9 SHA-256: 872074748a235f71fe54b69f2d8219a23f7790f0d190f22ab244e1096118f693
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting it's part of a link farm designed to host malicious files. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs are indicative of a phishing lure attempting to redirect users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9936

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://wurstfargo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/27b5c7f95f9b87e2b339539f718c3cd3/loravuvakozarono.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.fsnn.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c931e27767b---40726882321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/94107621700.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://msslink.ru/userfiles/files/2329552562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://deurenhanger.nl/userfiles/file/vukazuvibomijilajot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aygroupmuh.com/image/files/45453656588.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bringem.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a2bc17f1716dc28b7cee0f5171ba0ff8/63677657349.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/dulexesawonokiravabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.restorationservice.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798470aee9b---16359483641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4e482a8866---38426454701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/62530479792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.blackhillsdancecentre.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070e3ca4029e---72292695180.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://biomedchita.ru/imeg_master/file/66777075480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovesushiscv.com/uploads/files/83128017709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://habitat3.eu/userfiles/files/guros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buddhavehicle.com/userfiles/file/nunukejudekumulapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pavcargo.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/52be23e59d17ac5ea7bf5e16e2f281f8/donivomabijupivu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asupuro.com/user_data/image//file/mozinepofivukigogusitopin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072d0fa08f02---27569800775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maloneslandscape.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f315f87db4---66666887821.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.davidwoodpersonnel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b23dd876c1---54618181361.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kadeavenue.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/363db12f4acd8db209b5f12933078dfe/43294956915.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mission4recruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d305203fe89---zoxosebuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=structure+of+atom+molecules+and+chemical+bonds+pdfPDF 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_off00012344.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12344 18576 bytes
SHA-256: bbc6eea6c30759b13dc7c82e20e246408e6882f94d41cd3e208d30af9f5f0754
font_01_sfnt_off0001517d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1517D 11200 bytes
SHA-256: b53c6f7274ae504a1958a72b5b73e3939d87b40af4d1988a6a550361e81087d7
font_02_sfnt_off00016b41.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x16B41 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1