Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 122f7f00c4598e9c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 04:30:52 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 56d2013bc040b247fa81ce48ee7206c2 SHA-1: 629e80fe9fd50756f6f7961b4c3324d4c8085189 SHA-256: 122f7f00c4598e9ca4165dcd3ed5ba8a7ac5a70892e6b03e8d96809c034bc2dc
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with critical heuristics indicating it is a phishing trojan. Embedded JavaScript and a link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to external sites, likely for phishing or further payload delivery. The presence of multiple links pointing to potentially compromised WordPress upload directories and disposable hosting reinforces this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9972

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.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • 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://quadocdao.vn/uploads/files/namakuworewunuxufexekiri.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://omonetach.pl/foto/ilustracje/file/52433693674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stpeterscbs.ca/ckfinder/userfiles/files/watuginotekuvetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buydecor.ru/uploads/files/jenakuwubopomefidusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sushibelovo.ru/files/vugobofudenepuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mbjarrahi.com/UploadedFiles/New/file/joxobulusegazozofomimiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jinanxintiandi.com/userfiles/files/zizukizedazume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.unicodesystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mrk2mh3s9mh7kn5l1keecmpi00/28813774603.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://funcarele.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72721928751.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mp-hd.de/data/aktualnosci_imgs/file/82620815707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/034efdd075487a6f9e3648be1d039693/pigulepowasavumam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unosms.us/userfiles/file/15859657906.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a6b5eea8e1d---lupotupaguxugugu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160876883eab00---65611920621.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amicalelaique-guyancourt.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/marideliso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://unitedfightalliance.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/fiwupini.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5lpvueughe5iaob0msp1trbdi6/luwetakeki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://domeinbeverdonk.be/assets/files/file/27210271191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://profession-your-dr.com/uploads/files/202108161224489580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indyztyle.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9632896559.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://technok.cz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b073b11f66576de434406053fc22dad/liziver.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osc-pribor.ru/products_pictures/file/4093957350.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hyundainhapkhau.vn/upload/files/65934566549.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ventiliatoriai.lt/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tuvapiduv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=write+me+a+letter+rusty+cage+lyricsPDF 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_off0000f63e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF63E 17992 bytes
SHA-256: 3dd836e76345b7bbaf32dd2264b39a0bee0bb0788625ec2a4351da29a2d4b653
font_01_sfnt_off00012494.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12494 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013cab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13CAB 10556 bytes
SHA-256: b4849887d42b272b3355b9c2c843ffd0c7fd6c3191d644f1b5345ab4cb57ed27