Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 123f49975c79dd02…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.5 KB Created: 2021-08-25 08:16:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 6d3ad1a8f499e18afe1d1988b77d93cc SHA-1: 49dc2d55af893977d87f4113b6a2cc2e760eefe6 SHA-256: 123f49975c79dd0285779b5e567f6e16c8758edd2530f2b94fbee7150363e9b7
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains numerous embedded URLs pointing to compromised websites, suggesting it functions as a link farm for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of external URI heuristics and compromised CMS upload links further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • 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 https://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=marvin+sease+funeral PDF link annotation
    • http://hattrick-sports.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609a78878a4e7---xakowijeberanariborivomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://messtores.ca/fck_user_files/file/tisuzofodadarozilabel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://onsijsselstein.nl/userfiles/files/40142250622.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aranysolyomfeszke.hu/editor_up/92700623901.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/s1d4516bhf94qkrjtom7j2u4d1/9014127448.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tessilgiada.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078539e53ec0---55359339993.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.northernillumination.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/83370ea6d3e276af480eb06e76bd55f9/pidafalerejixineliboduj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hafa-verein.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a0225d975b247c6b72d2a580e3420858/divevikodigopivetige.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://flour.co.uk/ckfinder/userfiles/files/21553159257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c111e6cf9fd79e2b8f28841465a1bf93/6302038626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://icmasistemas.com/userfiles/files/pimupebenoxabaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlmberatung.ch/userfiles/files/96458159287.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thebeautyofdesign.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xuxabawopizatil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bizwd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c86f3c9f42---25480585107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://europeanprofservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607031edb08f6---59671382960.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iphonerepairservice.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/tosixavafigaxikaxet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jandebruijn.com/uploadimages/files/9973716943.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kiteschule-eckernfoerde.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b894770497b---10119122652.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h1acbpobggs.xn--p1ai/data/files/31902099266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boulderdivorcelaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075a8e13d3fd---1193187062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abogarestudio.com/userfiles/file/wopepugi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hrmconsulting.biz/upload/files/jiluropa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://heykidsletscook.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a785778f4e06f2e6f04e288b2b42c0f2/nigufopuxefawefexijez.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_off0000f6bf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6BF 19336 bytes
SHA-256: 2de3bbf19777df5ab8fd749fb2d25c2f52f41c4cc6c4ec317d648ab540103dc8
font_01_sfnt_off000128e2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x128E2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000140f9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x140F9 10148 bytes
SHA-256: c75d79cfe210d432ba9a72d433c68d2c85f1a97ccb0de4b3164139d8845562bc