Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12592ed3a8850132…

MALICIOUS

PDF

80.1 KB Created: 2021-09-18 04:16:35 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 6afe7d74fe9554e17476a697e94b9f1f SHA-1: 55429467c745d7153f4d412f1e506b933bf5e67d SHA-256: 12592ed3a885013223502fa3f9d2c3b1e2ec6471ce340ea76a88f96cbce2b423
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external links, many of which point to compromised websites or disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier further support its malicious nature. The embedded JavaScript likely serves to execute malicious code or redirect the user to one of the numerous listed URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=chemical+equation+for+burning+of+natural+gas PDF link annotation
    • https://taucaotoccatba.vn/images/news/files/bupem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthimaytinhcu.vn/upload/files/pugamunetufojaxidalazak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sketchup360.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7vv1r5sm28e8d0s12j1na3u230/lanavuvogota.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dautuck.com/uploads/userfiles/file/tasaxanabor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sunriverps.com/data/editor/file/60214337469.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hadlowsecurityshutters.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ce2e87a46d866fc07c9bba7c3cc506b7/33777383884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daglichtfilters.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/27613985356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hellnocancershow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161410df209ab2---sisumuxexipigeditaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cddfct.com/up_files/file/82133199456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://montpellier-business-plan.com/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/tubiporuwi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sun-marche.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wefigigudurikajeju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markzone.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tsd6j6o79ts3bbj5uua6vc3e55/sonuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://border-collie.ru/sites/default/files/file/88300754586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://journalofcritique.com/ckdosyalari/upload/files/xetow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://artgraf24.pl/userfiles/file/wopukerofuvazeguzuz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cremeconferences.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1efd9be0a07719ee5d596f61c6ffa329/55431828471.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maivietnamesecotati.com/uploads/files/mukulotivomivevidivenixed.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://epicridesnepal.com/files/rawufisomojulefupogejudax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://moje-stranky.eu/userfiles/file/mejebenuvedipodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vanphongphampmc.com/upload/files/92659492673.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://olboihorgaszto.hu/editor_up2/kadufexikiwoduwox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://advocaatindex.nl/images/uploads/fabukud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matrix-corporation.com/upfiles/editor/files/setus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000d63e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD63E 16520 bytes
SHA-256: 52adde91c2d563982d743551d122b2ae9cc87411502a4eb3d23fa444578f123e
font_01_sfnt_off000100eb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100EB 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 41c6bf1b9f34339488653bc818dae3b797caac5bff3bb5842dd8334ef1d92b53
font_02_sfnt_off00011aab.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11AAB 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1