Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12adb9b3b311e1bc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.9 KB Created: 2021-09-02 15:54:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4a5aa99f5ed119100e2d9136815ffc86 SHA-1: 2b72c8a2e3e12a292752715c986c60efd3ea2c36 SHA-256: 12adb9b3b311e1bc2e49d0958c484ffed42a8f7b0a29452c35fccd24ce9326d3
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 sites acting as a link farm. These links likely serve to obscure the true destination and distribute malicious content, as indicated by ClamAV's detection of 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan'. The ML classifier also strongly flagged this PDF as malicious.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 https://philabc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=victoria+symptom+validity+test+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://traveltokiev.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i0158l643h3encj0c4vak6e360/55698026598.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://netmutum.com/userfiles/file/55581828659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://trsbarriersdirect.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ni0fdkbuunqcqhk9gj0lqn77h6/dozosakokenefikoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amon-syotengai.com/userfiles/file/19949590797.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thefutureofgolf.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608738b88ea81---93697948482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://simonhoirup.dk/userfiles/file/30870932740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://szallas-karpatalja.net/upload/jodusanigojuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amagi.la/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c8dc14a9d2d---93049007115.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.criteriainvest.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/nm2d6j8s16cv5sgiut0aa7rflr/sudutovoxezevuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.zywawiara.pl/pliki/81412442529.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://finestblogger.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h4ijhupa5g2plbp73vk6qjdgq4/41347756347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dsraxys.com/uploads/74706458062.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://afanasyev-design.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f15abb4a4622e9b1da7666fb8fc57414/senunoxugepavavul.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-leuven.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d564ae42e3---malorupogigonobokijir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carshopm.com/js/upload/files/jovosulejixikimeviro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://massageindex.nl/images/uploads/panuzujovajogigitelobi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reicar.dk/userfiles/file/98089961453.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alshaabcoop.com/userfiles/file/jejajatokeguvetobegajoka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hollyskauaicondo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16072aef45b9c7---lenoleweterisosanuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3drm.bg/uploads/pictures/files/77827678534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://entryexpress.online/chapter_images/files/zutanibus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sevenchurchestour.net/seven/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607cb358c33fe---79420326737.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://efsanepin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/24414288640.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lakshimi-kaatsu.com/user_data/packages/default/imgfiles/61353811332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://obchodsezlatem.cz/upload/files/ladavop.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_off0000b607.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB607 15264 bytes
SHA-256: 13e659713754e97796b6113e47c82ece2f1355643abd3951c5d56623bdecd59d
font_01_sfnt_off0000dd02.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD02 10828 bytes
SHA-256: 8468819abc5ca40563d1bc2946969f627fe013fd184d999090182329123aac9a
font_02_sfnt_off0000f61d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF61D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1