Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12617b812ca7a777…

MALICIOUS

PDF

66.5 KB Created: 2021-09-12 07:50:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: e9403ca99c45694538ff79d65cd58b7c SHA-1: e649b7cb6c4f45e6ca417e60d0dbad9f4e3bc650 SHA-256: 12617b812ca7a7778e9aa0d89c7a347250fa1cf43917453857d131287f16bbeb
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF employs a common phishing tactic, presenting itself as an image-only document to conceal a clickable link. Numerous URLs were extracted, many pointing to compromised CMS upload directories, suggesting a distribution network for malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or to serve a secondary payload.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9908

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 66 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=khal+nayak+full+movie+online PDF link annotation
    • http://azco.friend-match.com/upload/files/21701873742.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-sinpro.com/upload/files/folujupiwokajewefevepitar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://teacherandtraining.com/coj_u/KK/userfiles/files/kilip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dabien.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ece90c208d---loxufogitivi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hoya-system.com/uploads/files/202109041211582059.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ocw.tw/uploads/files/megurabasuzoxiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16131bec7e4c74---97551963833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilaxlabs.com/userfiles/files/77624925176.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vmwarts.com/ecovic/file/92718481526.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/ragisulawedejin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pes.edu.mn/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vorutowuxexumi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosmikkino.ru/sadm_files/57530525857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bbmeti.it/userfiles/files/97739295161.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/76b27fa29b64e515e6bb90350439154f/67865514048.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vamaconsulting.sk/userfiles/file/fasiridejaxixonag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://klingende-zeder.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16137bc10c98d2---20690894316.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://soccerauquebec.com/userfiles/file/jofejanegobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://air-ned.com/uploads/files/17255624089.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://evola.it/userfiles/files/bitaxobo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karcannakliyat.com/userfiles/file/latedomigagadolelopefej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luathoanghuy.com/uploads/files/durokumogavatosixi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kirmatas.com/userfiles/file/56039124655.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kitapkaplama.com/upload/ckfinder/files/jawuxusajaxexakifil.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://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_off0000ae71.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAE71 14132 bytes
SHA-256: fc36aa70277d0ad4a81e65f4abcadb2abef3eaa4acfe49f0855abfb49db099df
font_01_sfnt_off0000d1c0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1C0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e9d7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9D7 10476 bytes
SHA-256: f216a1905a3cece6347b58388a0f2dd28fd821d0a524a65ba3e0aebcd92b4b92