Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12446cd2f1097f41…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-09-07 17:26:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: b479e0055bd044a19b8e5fc0ed25447c SHA-1: 2dfdc37feb2044122153240d09de7498f4973f19 SHA-256: 12446cd2f1097f415c924de7cdb21e3de23448dd01d3837c52b4403fa77fe486
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites acting as link farms. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution via these links. The embedded JavaScript is likely used to facilitate the redirection or exploit vulnerabilities.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://specialbrands.gr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1b17b7c13b5b6aa1142ef19a493e9f8/66918095282.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://beckydavidsonhomes.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160836ade85b67---dazigonasusezexomewori.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartcrm.cloud/upload/files/63183415080.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aucoindeshalles.fr/menu/file/kugaripifixofugeruwo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xiangzhuan.tw/upload/files/99448890685.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://joshuadacosta.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071e05971b55---9333260091.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soepcentrale-dekeyser.be/userfiles/file/97767912600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biometria.pl/photos_fck/file/mutotijofoji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daieimotors.com/js/upload/files/molibaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pratiklinik.com/img/userfiles/files/42724166681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://theelementrama9.com/userfiles/files/87229548860.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://accessiblevehicleservices.com/userfiles/file/16524218134.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarpazarlama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8n6cjruppjnjirbuoqa8o3rk83/tisadosuge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alfa-clining.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ab26d64195a9e5a550d7c319e6859a1f/jojopipupetareno.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoongnau.com/upload/files/menebobenasotukop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f340457a14---16743548071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://torrentclub.vip/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0l5kks6j38ts7knm7k56diue62/dibepupamefanuwimewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://precisionautoandac.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c2ef026ececfeb3b93ecabb38c312ece/64343473690.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chaodontuonglai.vn/uploads/ck_upload/files/38038358866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braintradingbcn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cb0d17bcc1e4de05ed37bfe95b59e138/tirojitikonolupekurutebom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cnex.cc/images/blog//file/71182971214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eyupsifalibitkiler.com/resimler/files/13333977408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaytieudungtragop.com.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f9p85i5r5k5ia5r6cl8vgrjatn/88643821867.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=huanying+1+workbook+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_off0000b635.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB635 16372 bytes
SHA-256: 9d765158b28a035964696685197ef8384fb7f3eb6dc1c6db113d591ceaeb6e38
font_01_sfnt_off0000e076.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE076 10804 bytes
SHA-256: 37359b204d114d2a2efc7898f93b6c68de741644cd56ff98d77c619f7e1f1821
font_02_sfnt_off0000f913.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF913 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1