Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 125d8d091839a3a1…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.1 KB Created: 2021-07-24 18:11:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-26
MD5: 21c1e3b5b606437dd0122b5222d9ced2 SHA-1: 35757b7687f2034ee417ca1ca680ca20ce9f096d SHA-256: 125d8d091839a3a1ea4c249d8cec265fd43d95107a90866c89e16b763fa8e536
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm for SEO manipulation or malicious redirection. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution via these links.

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://sincaremedicaltour.com/js/upload/sisoje.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://prana.video/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8itrbkrr9tj67cjc9a88r2vkuu/83800525208.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tavernadelsnoguers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d8930971b5aaaba0223e82dca7f592a/8650345706.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coloreverything.love/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/62c02a5a84a771a6b7fa0645712c2947/zobiwukekunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lushexperiences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077eb0a23b6d---sugudiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilovegabal.net/fckeditor/_upload/file/galiginedo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tectrongim.com/uploads/files/xovelinubabasafokusoniv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yangpupark.com/uploadfile/files/zorogasixuwedevokivej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mvdisposal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b197b5fe43---19414708869.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cocoal.com/uploads/file/lunizipedekuviged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cristal-in.fr/userfiles/file/28132777388.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c82e72810a---vosijirovivizosepiti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mk-promotions.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97843189638.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://militarynetwork.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2a5d4c203---99320787389.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d7ggo6uhp9780ejkb8c831rddm/96433043636.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://polipack.ru/content/file/wusawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://garderoba.sk/images/_file/73752849432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://skazkavdom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82effdff54de18d01cf7904d74bb2a1d/55178525105.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://texasstatealphaxialumnae.com/clients/f/fe/fe72632f573fdc77cca6b85875c63e8a/File/moneranasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shengnabei.com/uploadfile/file///2021070613372383.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deep2001.com/images/library/File/17457003627.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aaaexpressheating.com/userfiles/file/giboze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=kenmore+serial+number+decoderPDF 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_off0000da99.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA99 10664 bytes
SHA-256: f4938c0df98a0a48010ee6ac5bf59ab292c36dd21898da00422f7886bbff3fe6
font_01_sfnt_off0000f2ee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF2EE 16592 bytes
SHA-256: 7c51fa1d5b511aea6157fcf65f31c531e1a9dd428fa2f4b7e02ed67a493a7694
font_02_sfnt_off00011dfd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11DFD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1