Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12884fccb4331b6a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.5 KB Created: 2021-07-19 12:47:21 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: dba5d157cb263be4d938d3784d97db77 SHA-1: bc99cc99e426074e9c6e6ac8e2f9171b4d4b100b SHA-256: 12884fccb4331b6a9e7faa39a590110f28a8cb88db0581495ea3f651a352a86c
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 upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates a large number of links on disposable hosting, suggesting a tactic to distribute malicious content or manipulate search engine results. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9917

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://www.dadosefatos.net.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16097dc652fbb5---2886672097.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13434071320.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iideree.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dddcdd0c81---ditoxoxuvo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesaddlebank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t1e1mppq21fs8bt3ihrct3oh0s/74349020679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.reenactmentmarket.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/liwunopolesut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://4x4autok.hu/userfiles/files/40297724136.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cec029ab5fe015e7e62c228f5fa2ef93/mimuzebi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tungqibiotech.com/upfiles/editor/files/zudadejotasud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://faradbox.pl/files/file/raxudetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rmissio.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc7ec28c44c---59201799378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://1975geegees.com/clients/78603/File/38784635037.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.moteco.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160804fa4e32e4---jenuxadibonir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.investing-in-women.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a0dc3749499---supukekawodove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://comesa.com.pe/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/smilck3ru4k66apid7ptomtp15/kigefeganovitawijufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--hjrnskadeakademien-mtb.se/userfiles/file/21199050165.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://churchtextile.com/userfiles/file/43256220670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yatros.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8f0246807b---88365421612.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideakliniksisli.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160caa9710cf8a---82518927704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://newchat.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lotuvoduxelefurapeleniru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hamburgeriaagricola.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/thlff5m2v1l7kdj6k91s70rfub/61939906116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hobbstownis100.com/clients/6/66/66141d04a4341350d76ae3a38785cb5a/File/xuluvav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bettaletroom.com/file_media/file_image/file/gorajawer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mobytec.com.br/mobytec/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b855e743ff4---24041777321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/xutukidapufovaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thietbivesinhanhhuy.com/asset/files/zegivokuluve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=stable+isotopes+of+brominePDF 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_off0001279c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1279C 19916 bytes
SHA-256: db19db0326e79e3d8031af84d43bcd12b9a357f8561e09671ef9086fa73b5be4
font_01_sfnt_off00015a92.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15A92 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off000172a9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x172A9 10736 bytes
SHA-256: 44e7a96a329ea0a799af8dde118841c9758bdb5b6a30834f5ab87e72ff21ad5f