Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 d122c8e60a98d1cf…

MALICIOUS

PDF

67.1 KB Created: 2021-06-24 18:32:33 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-27
MD5: 43ec1a3ed689d362d83cdd5ac83edd52 SHA-1: 5175c5dcb998ec52ed4ab86b1500b2ff6fe4ddec SHA-256: d122c8e60a98d1cfc774e3d72ac814d75d1bbd4fa9038da41bb869fa711a2ee5
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The file contains a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage and other disposable hosting, suggesting it's designed to redirect users to malicious sites. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and URL patterns are consistent with phishing or malware distribution lures.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9720

Heuristics 5

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • 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://lecapsuledigian.it/file/sowopoxosesakusowobis.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://famillespourstarlight.ca/clients/a/a9/a9b42c05011d3bb27e7f7ec2ed30324f/File/bokole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pendekaremas.com/contents//files/xipofepagojonezeturaxivob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97d8c0051445a3f76f9539d580a78155/pamedafarerenelu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alllegaltask.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kkibghlctv9ts7qpgitsplmjon/15391614723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alexandraharris.com/clients/36054/File/62906245992.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80ackbssfuieecff0e8c.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b8e0upf5s7fh3ul18joj97a8a7/88329092480.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mytutr.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/400ca6806f2f940b365eb2e081b186c6/4889965740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.canadavisaservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609366d81af02---34339156951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://jfefood.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/843d3ea59e2ce187f1ab359791640499/nenom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mu-rrrc.com/userfiles/file/tigob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://husvagnsexpo.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160971872cc1e5---10731421147.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biosite.ru/images/news/file/89865756870.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mintedimages.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/motazavewidivoted.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.dekleinewerf.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607499aaf34ac---28979681711.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soechi.com/userfiles/file/60529154779.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=cheat+sims+4+skillsPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 1

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e8bb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE8BB 4888 bytes
SHA-256: c48523933eba357c9fe24cb144efd997ece2db4614c8ec3532289a50521d3070