Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 126fe218dbbd224e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.2 KB Created: 2021-09-02 05:49:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 9ad9cd5b4b5eb2bbe0c434c87747081e SHA-1: 0b1c81519316959d5828578a32300c75f7b91737 SHA-256: 126fe218dbbd224eafb25387ffd30635172c17bf9993b683cf5531f5dd598572
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites. The 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' and 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' heuristics indicate a pattern of using disposable or compromised hosting for link distribution. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or directing users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://purebodycare.courses/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h37rtepem8m3jajdin2cu10cq5/47378744572.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://shinyjewellers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/akd2v40coeo9487u3roiq5nkm5/4010073775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kimhoatra.vn/upload/fckimagesfile/nalosorazoterog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aguiapromocional.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734403be23e---kirilodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.meglobalinc.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d991fbee2be---xovewolo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://directprocessors.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9188859740---gurimemero.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lazerom.pro/media/file/jekozupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dom4m.de/userfiles/files/selimejilixev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lagunaapartman.hu/images/user/file/86384573764.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://seednseed.com/admin/fckfiles/file/89748301026.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://apluskleaning.com/admin/images/file/nusadoruzumix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://celcg.pl/uploaded/file/gedavu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.taxiserviceh24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160895eb520e25---25394860217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://krono-original.vn/Images_upload/files/8369367192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fieldofgreen.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e562c04884128139c0d9631585eff3d2/793574978.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mptech.vn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/49003289431.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160abdac66edf4---54313961360.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laatjehuisweerstralen.nl/upload/file/2479619600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/07258f9ab3b5489f6041ca97ac630618/83878572472.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.siscard.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f312bb01da---ledowuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://segurosjdd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e17fr00pa80m34njroticq8eu5/98554230494.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://riverasphotovideo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c493600028---62123680511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hephatha100.com/clients/4/45/452f9a9cd3514f90eb92b3b4734a1f1d/File/42314306756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hochrainer-elsner.at/upload/files/puvobed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=plural+form+of+sheepPDF 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_off0000cd9b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCD9B 10432 bytes
SHA-256: dfabfea2fc168461ed4b607da350f87a73ec6de76342eaf4621750c82a5fa7eb
font_01_sfnt_off0000e547.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE547 19144 bytes
SHA-256: 15debc4d096f9632415d5591f76a881c2ac2251b759c84893e921da2641ac24b
font_02_sfnt_off00011728.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11728 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1