Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12950b7d5f8f4d31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.6 KB Created: 2021-09-09 13:06:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 4a6a0af61fc19fd78dc365e3da41cfa4 SHA-1: 97e18210415989d3ef1d679e864fa486c0a2c418 SHA-256: 12950b7d5f8f4d310d3d7438df6ac9b7bb7b93c2a8f97ec9668db7ff49138df0
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to multiple compromised websites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs suggest it's designed to exploit user interaction to navigate to these malicious sites.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9949

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://arizonapoolcontractor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec43a1d32c---xasatufis.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://asiatravel.kg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ac4c918126c977cbadfe4fb4d4ee07af/mutilevurip.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161357d70bc40b---buxirerawunegel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.atsamuihaus.com/image/upload/File/naxesuwirerewujikaparar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://naszymsladem.pl/upload/file/jaderirufezotexukuwid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smartpaintingplus.com/userfiles/files/4992942574.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cga82.com/admin/File/jogifanodisaparutugupu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.marsagri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133d8d4dadab---7038400513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://controldellaves.com/app/webroot/arxius/file/sopewajaxasomowafovopopa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://op-gold.com/ck_image/files/kovarewenigugukimivifegul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://virtuozi.ru/sites/all/sites/virtuozi.ru/files/taxuxejilutesisewufi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aliancegroup.su/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161320a5458708---44598236643.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elektrostroy.kz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tafuwaweji.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://digjamaica.com/app/webroot/files/sosariv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/50967643853.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestbuyfromindia.com/userfiles/file/sopefatevasef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://postelezmasivu-ostrava.cz/ckfinder/userfiles/files/39033309615.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://florissantdesign.nl/docs/Image/file/lanipepiv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://emilymillerlaw.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/senutezewam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.prunay-en-yvelines.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/9570505640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://druckmaschinenservice.com/uploads/fce/files/45812729402.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vokalensemble-vocembalo.ch/userfiles/file/43207649050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://capableapp.com/uploads/files/23653526182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stavclearing.ru/upload/files/32162237857.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bsbcarpet.com/userfiles/file/99197156110.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/ngfLrbzwjls/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+add+a+contact+to+whatsapp+androidPDF 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_off0000d668.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD668 16616 bytes
SHA-256: a637f100ef4316871b4f8bb86e56454adc5139bd26d73c119221a69346d05c82
font_01_sfnt_off000100f5.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x100F5 10508 bytes
SHA-256: 60470bfa4c9ec478db77d0beaeae4f171219a02935961f98ae7aba7934571b7a
font_02_sfnt_off000118d2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x118D2 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1