Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 126887b6ef11b275…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.1 KB Created: 2021-09-01 03:50:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 643e7e86eca3c5695d5e9b3fd36bdf0c SHA-1: 1678fd3a80a8e843ed01a63d4eba54bc75fb69ef SHA-256: 126887b6ef11b275129d9509dd3d2e4671a5c1b23ae31d1b33c6d2fdbccf4df2
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised or disposable hosting sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it is designed to exploit user interaction to redirect them to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9957

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://medvor.ru/uplcv?utm_term=june+2011+physics+regents+answers+and+work PDF link annotation
    • https://www.auditek.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610c21f3d494e---94771468374.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://luckdidea.com/ckfinder/images_store/files/vowawikiwizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nobleorthodontic.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/401d580eca68a6beeb75d589473fc177/manegisopapetemisugaged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lastcallslc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45abcdfdedecbe3727156d4a616f7354/98320290850.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sesc.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/26hu187c092rlpr3b3e3iv5lj1/wesenixafis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://media-get.ru/userfiles/files/davenup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uyaviation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e7671a161ad---27192155851.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://certifiedmoversinc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6975d0c3d35eeae52ae6ed5496020140/vumegogunofovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://delaneyllc.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/japuzatamudilifewevusarek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://in-dapt.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086ceba79261---25003096780.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://breakevenpoint.pl/uploads/editor/file/68603349407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://montrealinkwell.com/clients/c/c4/c478fb9048b4d856ed1aa16e2301f982/File/toladigusi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.studiolegalefusimorelli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609c128a24c7d---36697053699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.aserspa.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b7l1s7dsn58ipuek2jkdov8ugf/gurijopemokerepuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mudateconmigo.cl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/139aba882434c80e2b384f65b503554f/99508982283.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mallncart.com/userfiles/files/7162288193.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://htfcompact.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/30602d6ffb339146de0ba8b7ad5a4a84/90983806289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.nitdgp.ac.in/uploads/userfiles/files/15610977617.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.analfissur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d9ca536f85---sijudewinubiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.gaviprintpack.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079785f4b25f---88412123553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.coverseg.com/uploads/ckfinder/files/57760624961.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmcnx.com/userfiles/file/25501731224.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160788e2cc0de3---ximewarimireluma.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://snbedu.com/uploadfile/file///2021080212115944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientuvibra.com/images/file/rufeluduwakutivirenatofon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.goldenplanet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b9b21ec305---74259564602.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_off0000e2e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE2E0 18676 bytes
SHA-256: cb384d49f8dbc3c565d69a30fda68e12b421f883ef9aac62f29a48da7e384439
font_01_sfnt_off00011286.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11286 11424 bytes
SHA-256: 6eaf09b6d57247e7c58d17c7b418d79818927f2d52b60f6ae36994d4f2aacceb
font_02_sfnt_off00012d7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12D7A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1