Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12ae73c2820b4cba…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.1 KB Created: 2021-06-27 00:00:08 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: 9ce4af06488c99d384444050c0175d2f SHA-1: 11fa1505cd90b706f406a03663df381376e9f4d8 SHA-256: 12ae73c2820b4cbacf5eb3b529736de96e6217bd2ff897975ce91d5461bfb2b1
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. Static analysis revealed it functions as a link farm, containing numerous URLs pointing to compromised WordPress sites and disposable domains. These links are likely intended to lure users into downloading further malicious content or visiting phishing pages.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=solidworks+test+answers
    • http://ahlhy.com/uploads/file/271907517391.pdf
    • http://christembassydocklands.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/858524999683c6b6e37a2233aa24265a/bokudilupaju.pdf
    • http://phuocthuan.vn/images/pic/file/loditumozenagu.pdf
    • http://www.inhd.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077e14ba9176---dogononu.pdf
    • https://puertoestereo.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/u653fa2vkbkj08ujhcdfgnieed/94411005178.pdf
    • https://www.parkgest.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b8fdcb7f277---muverizagufej.pdf
    • http://seanmore.com/userData/board/file/30008852653.pdf
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1q8i273d34vp3i3cg3oc70qmn1/guripizejopi.pdf
    • http://bmhs1963.com/clients/7/72/7286fd37811b7a5dece6e69924e4d5ab/File/36539567645.pdf
    • http://www.stallionreadymix.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d1f0777b01---belugejopoxis.pdf
    • http://www.hkwebdesign.com.hk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d3b6c381c9---20478970912.pdf
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a8ccc23f295---bufidibowazuxalitadi.pdf
    • https://www.pietri-automobiles.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/293g9ls16ri9d9enib61t2h7fd/55612954116.pdf
    • http://banhangcongnghe.com/upload/FCK/file/95227851680.pdf
    • https://greenturtleproductions.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/91a53d364e79f9e86a40e837742eb67b/pakotavodigewubegonulo.pdf
    • http://www.x454.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fjit70rqmgdsvqfb1cabd4g485/86477066196.pdf
    • https://theshairpodcast.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0492451f96d5474bce12a3157ff95bd6/28024419860.pdf
    • http://bsl-trans.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/68986463742.pdf
    • https://outsourcedbackoffice.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e83c9b307643727ecc2e0a584f58d11d/44418354093.pdf
    • http://www.hussco-steel.com/husscofiles/files/zetifokekanuforajetenatil.pdf
    • http://hillcountryawningsandsunscreens.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607be4042544e---jabokazebixawuliwox.pdf
    • http://triumphtoday.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab030b43745---9076682043.pdf
    • https://www.dyna-tech.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c28e3d7bb95---gepilozomi.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_off0000c78e.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC78E 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000dfa5.bin
06d6077be2302e605edd3ba87af9fe0060e169f1356d81db6a82ce5fc784e62d
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFA5 10492 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off0000f7a1.bin
472cbc30018e1b588c42f2c008b622efb03be0ea24371e8f5d84b8f5e88aa5db
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7A1 17104 bytes