Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 a12f39af0123d5a0…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.4 KB Created: 2021-06-28 01:56:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: f793f1aed1b5e3e5a005ed74fe890af4 SHA-1: 90941fc62519bcaaa7838a3b7e70d3c5535eedd5 SHA-256: a12f39af0123d5a0a3b491aff34159772e5ad6acd403eaad8c92f562c25b0f14
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

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, pointing to numerous compromised WordPress sites, which is a common technique for distributing phishing content or malware. The presence of multiple links on disposable hosting further supports this assessment.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9929

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://www.numberoneporthill.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a64dd29d30e---97467073705.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ljhalls.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8b5a1a0674024a6894a7d6e0d5570c4b/74316190890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bfr-bialapodlaska.pl/userfiles/file/legaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b4b08d4b059---40563669595.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rogierstoel.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/pl5d3asj00f1c209tphcvi8imp/71783858373.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grandiosa.is/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u5saa0qjou36rt1jh8susf6jd7/4221122925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://atlantichomeportugal.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160965e406331d---19067574339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.highlandmetals.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090ffae6374e---fufolikubuger.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://email-database.info/userfiles/file/89438374545.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://powermailer.in/userfiles/file/55972749117.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://casabresciani.it/uploads/file/pafelirogoluboz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cafesca.mx/ckfinder/userfiles/files/83976781674.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mega-gold.com/userfiles/files/84410516145.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eandjfamilyhealthcenter.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3297e6261015c7c090fda7e9ed736c15/23893902708.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marcado.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb98503f71e---77154881676.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agcslohian.com/userfiles/file/gufemujobifanebob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rroejlo0t8m0d4lp3mgtbh2mt7/jenidejetirosol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://papinchess.ru/userfiles/file/16153712089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://finemetal-cn.com/upload/files/87895142378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lenoir-elec.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/grhuj12dq51trdi1fp94voq1nf/liteguxeruwuwiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8b5a243698---porosuzupimetubugat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.xpresswedding.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929395f2505---vojawoxapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stroynerud-sm.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c2f10b393c---sodagovogoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://math-talk.kr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/abkg9etfs070ve6rhgqqb8k6aa/daxubafozotenesunewosebu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gpuhub.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i3v03cfoh3tilsqg8nmhr6nl8e/viwimotulajaxobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=k+factor+for+different+materialsPDF 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_off00010f89.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10F89 18404 bytes
SHA-256: af228fda6941b5f3eeab53a8e6b70d3a5f9fc791e28b829962adc52358979b18
font_01_sfnt_off00013f90.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13F90 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000157a7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x157A7 10628 bytes
SHA-256: d5203aacc85550d5a79261ab76d9e4170f7f1dd7d89330cfb682d8a4a178582a