Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12763596b9815c0a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.7 KB Created: 2021-08-30 22:53:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: dd0c979687ada78f501c447b8893f37e SHA-1: 31f79462fa9674f3afc95320b8afba688932b940 SHA-256: 12763596b9815c0a5fb4f615878030b4c215cdb1b18eb6cb06af27b79c508da5
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a phishing or trojan payload. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites and disposable hosting domains. While no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious content, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://irlanc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=definition+of+the+word+refrain
    • http://i-daa-wl.de/userfiles/15342303859.pdf
    • http://www.malagatour.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/72141706774.pdf
    • https://jokerprod.net/userfiles/file/90979495451.pdf
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607219dba58be---lizewebafurobiwok.pdf
    • https://earthideasawnings.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609b4f3be416b---81228875661.pdf
    • https://mymovingestimate.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/65261c359f8037ee35f595d46c2225e8/tuzojade.pdf
    • https://tlproduct.com/userfiles/file/77948211765.pdf
    • https://emons-verlag.com/testarea/cwsCMSlight/media/files/porudifanelizunixi.pdf
    • https://master.plus/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8dc410efc059058b57250c1da1b07a88/rulizimemopugo.pdf
    • http://www.colegiometa.net/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160727ac76b012---kasixuwakopefadokifa.pdf
    • https://limpjet.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4c08898c62e1be4cf16e16222c978ab9/48595122881.pdf
    • https://elnativocoffee.com/silver/upload/files/folazeturu.pdf
    • https://relaxationplusmn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/da4fe77f719026ccbb6b3e380d770a6f/manenibareb.pdf
    • http://adainst.com/uploade/files/20210707045524.pdf
    • http://mas.vacations/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161095a44da6e5---dazodizojelas.pdf
    • http://feynburg-uhren.de/uploads/laxoradutojamukagina.pdf
    • https://shastriratanchatterjee.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xidewopezofejarulaxak.pdf
    • http://www.farparts.cl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609bf8f39de84---18002679497.pdf
    • http://csc0516.com/userfiles/file/20210704114244_x2hsvi.pdf
    • http://tkvolley.pl/upload/files/wobono.pdf
    • https://abrasco.org.br/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mavanidutotisasixedupena.pdf
    • http://waberry1969.com/clients/877040/File/rotekekudonap.pdf
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file///petiremekukibubebedor.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000bfe7.bin
5cfb326edb3321e289e6ab29b7d1f16863a7bd2f491c363b23fafe3e002a6cdf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFE7 17928 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000edc6.bin
7016060dc1774c0267ae6a4c526c9282b9a58eb565bf7e5a1c9512ea13d993a7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEDC6 10324 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0001050e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1050E 16792 bytes