Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 87d80f8f0748211f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

86.2 KB Created: 2021-08-19 00:59:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 89a762f7cdfb3839cfe46dd1070306d1 SHA-1: 6eafeeac09ba8437b53591e85359cce04b7e1f7a SHA-256: 87d80f8f0748211f77c7c0fdfd46a6a473aebe263261bd535f7139f68c4bffb1
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and a specific URL suggests a phishing or malware distribution campaign. The heuristic 'SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON' indicates a deceptive call-to-action, further supporting the phishing lure pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9991

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.
  • 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.
  • 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://inwebjor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+stages+of+prenatal+development+quizlet PDF link annotation
    • http://www.cuerpomenteyespiritu.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c69a4f93ef3---39742776993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08guhsmoruplfg1fejffhe4bbv/rusavijunuribemibivujewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thuocnam.xyz/images/files/1911233742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://admonks.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0eae082f9796b5aaef4cbbad207e70a5/zesoxeritokopukefonupe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stopasbestos.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077da4369673---94122128006.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kunas.lt/app/webroot/uploads/files/47910086769.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.cedicar.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606e8831e65bf---87485806695.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607f1e69485fd---19097016494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agentcctv.com/userfiles/file/ribumajejamutitozu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weinquartier.at/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3f62298236edc313db0e18f14b98e8cd/37267880958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gizaviation.com/uploads/files/23910399370.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teusz.pl/UserFiles/file/mepufuwutasulalafitakebip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abcud95nli76dst7s9mc0661uq/xusejubefopevox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tamker.hu/userfiles/file/6722569876.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grandwatergatehotel.com/upfile_hotel/files/91878257745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mh-gartengestaltung.de/userfiles/file/tiroka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zawayakw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086daacb8ba2---bivokakepinegasokum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lycee-elm.org/userfiles/file/pojegolosuzisa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snookerfootball.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608281d37d931---74570346806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://supermarketdv.ru/files/file/94992736455.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://misosmile.com/upload/editor/files/78190205382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://delta-serwis.pl/pliki/24391740338.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://red-persimmons.com/upfiles/editor/files/guner.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000eaaa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEAAA 11312 bytes
SHA-256: 30a9ed1e1829fef8c748e41283e29f1bad38c5b63c2eb5d16929889a3434b030
font_01_sfnt_off00010493.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10493 17460 bytes
SHA-256: 00d23150f6cb3dbd417b63d2ae10f61ef2522391d338b1584bcb5bda1d44c27d
font_02_sfnt_off0001325d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1325D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1