Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0f12cf2479e7ac49…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.7 KB Created: 2021-09-06 14:15:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 6eb8e63137c712c710e69b8424cf0db5 SHA-1: 1d187c03f354f8f2bebcdf1bd168cef18b29c2b5 SHA-256: 0f12cf2479e7ac49d507d206ac07663c7a67c57f93a5b4ec6743eee5823d361b
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample contains embedded JavaScript, which is a common technique for exploiting PDF vulnerabilities or delivering malicious content. The presence of numerous external URIs, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicates a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious destinations. ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports its malicious nature.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

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.
  • 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 https://betenrealestate.com/sites/default/files/file/lufiruzebag.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2a4bifvqp0m6dh44dc9std0e2u/ripezegirojunesiposanefer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kazenergy.kz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e97171fc30---bokixopolusuxoxete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sisparts.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/34870500741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.synergyheart2heart.team/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0c3dangeohdujfu2bt3f7kmse3/wevizopis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bearcatbb.com/CKEdit/upload/files/telitu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/nobegoke.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56346bbc91836ef3d8bc6b72576e7501/legagukosopaxebisolujex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://broadviewlibrary.org/uploaded_bvlib/file/fuwegobariliwenijonek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://e-district.org/userfiles/file/ropagudi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16076b3a4bbf2a---roreg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sgestrecho.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f4b2783b2fa---rimigitizusisovejilokimaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autosaloncenter.com/uploads/files/58636714163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/44647498382.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://888chji.com/userfiles/files/82673615094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1cbf92672331e1576abca82462e9b6e8/3722614687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kbstephens.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d90595b38c82224606dc31b01150e73d/kijetibiwugawojewipulop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecef-groupe.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1a26koqu6b0ia02m3rp10r04f2/60257736090.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lighthouse-connection.at/myPix/file/gemebotisubodetokitolalo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bowenpainter.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607731d44cc5a---24687227717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://grani-tonkogo-mira.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9881a905ff50ecc1efb47e9064de1d25/putanovawunanozebil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xanbiente.de/userfiles/file/sufuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heainc.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f51ecf3b60---watore.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=managing+work+stress+pdfPDF 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_off0000e0ec.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE0EC 10796 bytes
SHA-256: f148e39bf390959a6b33ea13d2e232d46cde9b467d048dea6bb89ccf7491adf9
font_01_sfnt_off0000f9d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF9D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000111e4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x111E4 16840 bytes
SHA-256: 16cbe99a0562eeb54b9b2585f48f1876c3f01dad673c7a4818e959c3d31ce627