Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 123c40c1a9825761…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.5 KB Created: 2021-09-02 01:53:28 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: f8aeac33cbee6c36b824bdb8df2d3a1f SHA-1: 75c71ca76e94148728b10e7c66bc28a99197c5f4 SHA-256: 123c40c1a98257612566dbfb4e58defa757d41e6b08b0b871761afa06a48200b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9993

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://xboxheerlen.nl/userfiles/file/wuvaluramilerivutofoseviv.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec6e4a163b---madogosidugeves.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c79dad58b0---jijipavexixenazarufozasir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://weberstellen.ch/userfiles/file/91601276487.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://home-plast.ru/foto/files/9969541771.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b6c1e7a89893d2efc548897706dd8ae/96569695118.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proektasis.gr/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/5106089775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tfnd.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5956ebe93dd6e3437f07025e6c28c01c/natuwijebemiwewin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aptatravel.com/clients/4/48/489dad2d2d8436d4c085fc0ccdc2d1b3/File/tixivulavidoriratuza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://123kozijnofferte.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3elca609aph9spvit9g1nkgbb5/18082184049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://itchanoi.vn/uploads/news_file/loloduli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webtraffic.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ovphn1cr4kchvk3nobrrr94381/57863549517.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e4b58b4aca1e9629a6118c05f16b8357/warovuxomozetojuwivarago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askopenko.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62c0abd8536188bbf8c136258e16d521/kafepopif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fmpride.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d18abbf36f683022d3f4c1634d36d8cc/69155390789.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f02df37a9591825ac00533a1491ab33d/jepuzudagum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garageanything.com/js/upload/files/kegewonex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sealand-pptc.com/userfiles/file/17708655208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://findplusltd.com/file/wexenozavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://libertyquad72.fr/userfiles/file/mifafixozitivilusirojolid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://businesslife.com/content/file/nafiwularabe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://trackeg.com/en/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099f7f9bde48---xamip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+save+a+single+page+of+a+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_off0000d9d4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD9D4 10716 bytes
SHA-256: e251b08a904e6545d7aa041b4463e63151e68ee317c4e856e858bac6a4b416a9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f25f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF25F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010a71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A71 17520 bytes
SHA-256: e831adbac37a82b7ea823bc890b9fbfae5e8e9cbe1b2a372d10b6ab3046348df