Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12510d5bd96765d5…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.9 KB Created: 2021-07-25 08:50:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 021289370acdd8d5f9e3e0a53d400bcc SHA-1: 33f83389549e02671dc5d9e4bff591f6f6086f27 SHA-256: 12510d5bd96765d518a2da812ecfda8b816f5912dd490ac663e3f45ababb82ca
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, with critical heuristics indicating a compromised CMS upload link farm and a link farm on disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript stream likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious links, which are designed to lure users into downloading further malicious content. The presence of numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting suggests a phishing or scam campaign.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9919

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 http://nhactheducthammy.com/upload/files/xikowipezepav.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://autosofortkauf.ch/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dmvprqmbaahq2bkfmb87vjvcs1/dabik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marciasmithconsulting.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b5c27dd47153a634894dd5087d96719/fetebuwajikikapenowixep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nutricount.cz/UserFiles/File/21290605928.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hakkabrothers.com/userfiles/file///runanorotoditivovo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://g-ortho.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16092a3f9c473c---28853272888.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sharzh-ufa.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbb07319a6596b48861fe166eb20bc2e/zofakog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://notofthisgalaxy.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5qaqij5vlt7gi4uraca06ep74p/bugipalolemox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.simcoerecovery.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nb2oe4l7kqmb9i9p1ha834e844/lepavudul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.franklinwebdesign.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d6daed2296---wakotawilaxixesez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://friluftsgruppen.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16093543fc3176---44984507968.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ceccargiurgiu.ro/userfiles/file/gukaxuxuputepemisur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bitite.lv/media/txt/122/file/dekeleseg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://robinio.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2vt7fb3sp774aed4lo019f8j4m/gubikotifedutike.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thm-holding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7513b0372148f3f9d2b2d3c849554b8c/40827408937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.shipsupply.co.mz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae358ea4c51---27140441161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.barankayalar.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bdff809beb8---zemojizadotunu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://panhongbo.com/ckfinder/userfiles/site_eachfun_com/files/komepokipexonefoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brette-animation.com/userfiles/file/18756755845.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brothers-music.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/maxewet.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.llmhospital.com/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/89367213441.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://principessavencanice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c66835a358---68323434842.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikbakirkoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160862b458dd9e---kufilabam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bungefamily.com/clients/5233/File/xetojasejetikeviten.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoschiller.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32e87f2e71---90502928579.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiocommercialedelpiano.it/userfiles/files/81032125944.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.inter-tube.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/572edc3b582f313e4069dd2824e359c0/70770696143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=produce+101+temporada+1+sub+espa%C3%B1ol+cap+3PDF 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_off0000dbca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBCA 11272 bytes
SHA-256: 3121224b5f673475400acfd8a91d53f84a1a5a6d08365e4cb69ab2ecdb0ffd2a
font_01_sfnt_off0000f61a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF61A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010e2c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E2C 18768 bytes
SHA-256: 9253d3daad9ae12fa11ace9bf6a1cf96cad3035eadfc7df0047adf7733fa6dcf