Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 122427dae79fb804…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.7 KB Created: 2021-09-01 07:10:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 16cf97afd76ce6f1ded5531ad5103241 SHA-1: 14578bfcb67b4ba2114038a569d538fe354b4950 SHA-256: 122427dae79fb804aaf0865ec9139e2e676ad57f8117f5a436d0fec14e61bfdd
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a link-farming attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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 http://sinara.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160719145dd187---80060325054.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://x-site.by/upload/editor/files/negesonasozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aluvascientific.com/UserFiles/file/fotukotizogituk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bagpack.com.np/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a5755f3e270---dodikarifosiginesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ingmarcomantovani.it/file/96670875190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beccaro.it/userfiles/files/84657076849.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jordanadams.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zomevudupudode.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yodobashi-church.com/zikuweritazorurexig.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4ha3fel9j5559iv8dnitj4fj4j/11224316772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--aknmedical-yub.com/uploads/file/28584010844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terwaarde.be/ckfinder/userfiles/files/86556927057.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d5ffe721fa13e6c15992cb29548e52c6/59850160856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bevillelecomte.ovh/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mabagoguxenebiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.shopveriamici.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/r106asg78864cvhl8gmfvipbg8/26755746148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094af134bf01---morerazum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joyearland.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nilolifofakaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://acetuitioncentre.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c7aa9f0aff9---rewumosumuwiro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bukharasuwanee.com/sites/default/files/file/15096980153.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://teplitsyoptom.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6672924d5b716ae435c73cfe00d29ee4/dowoki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brandnewgoods.net/userfiles/file/17704288131.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omgmediatank.com/userfiles/files/xipaxasatisolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160775eefe8f16---47099213415.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609df4947c1fd---391146943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jennysbooks.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbb691fc7c1ecef4e858f8b0fd64b6fc/bokatovol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e6bd6ed08f1---xudawemixuxipazagifowude.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9e0d5fad3a4aa73f5f9ed7fe40c4865/nusujodexopovinikab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+write+rationale+for+project+proposalPDF 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_off0000def5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDEF5 10680 bytes
SHA-256: c5f465440be0f4158adb93fbfabe5ac95f180d4ef2bfc070d4ea84190a11d41d
font_01_sfnt_off0000f789.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF789 16092 bytes
SHA-256: 2a6289964551bd8067b192d4c095073b2893e08702ebf10e9e6e756c9004dfe1
font_02_sfnt_off000120d0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x120D0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1