Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 125247b6cb02153e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.3 KB Created: 2021-07-01 20:47:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 628de3f9cc236119e16d4c2ca122726f SHA-1: 9e8afa2703aefb880b2fb1db720d674942e4fe35 SHA-256: 125247b6cb02153e761fae1f5a674e54da003c076df9e66cd5e6c3fa90dfbdac
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, which are likely part of a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, consistent with phishing or malware delivery. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the structure suggests it may leverage embedded JavaScript for redirection or exploit PDF vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9955

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 https://masterok-kovka.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/616a777164aa65f9f8e3b2b3859c53cf/familat.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://saftanton.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609891f6c9c5e---16585785159.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocvirapuato.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/54c6744304eb7f2e537db3de0d4eae12/kepulisafekalijelira.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cf8fa9ae8a---gemunipegejeru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/91139777043.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://encouragingmath.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/02eb51acf6f82cd330ec94035091a8ab/gatojifakegikofolitomej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5a0693200f646ae1dc65f50d5f1a0ef0/sililovugokifogesa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eliteswimmingpoolsinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u575akv2ei54k1g276tjptthh4/43030267830.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thehamptonsbloomington.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d8635f32bf---jiwoxekelapumatetelelefo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jhroseclassof77.com/clients/45984/File/67789154938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6diahenr179n6q9mfq53pbti3u/72106422709.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/77079269305.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aj-logistics.com/stock/userfiles/file/31330275047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16099b4db5bc21---89326680086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilksolar.com/Images/Media/files/zukozut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://peneleos.pl/userfiles/file/bebegibiduxanikero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mulroyenvironmental.ie/userfiles/file/88291031844.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skup-laptopow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089cb8795745---soziras.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.beachesbrewing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2b8662bc9c3884094ece8c96e5be6e29/77517719038.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rspon.pl/images/wyswig_images/file/wexigokebuga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://servmed.net/userfiles/file/viraf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db85119d70c27cda0404bef32a83d09c/10741903925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://0930actress.com/files/files/3252520534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ahs1968.com/clients/d/dc/dcea35c349c70fb55dca458fc6558ff6/File/30767699450.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=creating+a+research+topicPDF 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_off0000e85b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE85B 10636 bytes
SHA-256: 526cb553ca6bd20c8ab781ab02460bf6f8c910e5c49032d6ab43dcd126ba7f30
font_01_sfnt_off000100b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100B0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000118c2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118C2 16852 bytes
SHA-256: 4624bf7aef590de79c8e490f172bd100b139fb36fbecefa5fb8d298abd8f3d05