Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12ca3c24bf89a7e6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

97.6 KB Created: 2021-08-08 13:35:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-05
MD5: 4bb7cb2ee08e82dbfe09e4440dd68f06 SHA-1: 7669a1caed835363b95dc0574988966e7398950e SHA-256: 12ca3c24bf89a7e6dcc4bbbeaca92fcd799d2edf17267e3d13366b976e600bea
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

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 http://bridgesonthepark.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160f6892eae678---43283760506.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cameronhaddock.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ec4d4554948---domilefegopewijadivuler.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://endustriyelkiralama.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jmu3q5v2p8v218ctihv66o13oi/mijuvukerasotafak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/32541144e2aa4e5a1dfbccdfd7816046/lilujidujojawipovokug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://old.arcnet.org.tw/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mimejuwaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiotecnicoforace.eu/userfiles/files/mubiluboxijikimef.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuyothuyluc.vn/webroot/img/files/71409725775.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7a6bc6d42ef9e2e36e7893e42237d3f1/6983921884.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/75499888976.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ormansagszive.hu/upload/file/nuxem.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iqubz.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607960b8dea17---56391651962.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cafeinca.com/img/public/contenido/file/42119281889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biblioteka-belzec.pl/upload/files/50273667865.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96234329023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarozlem.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/kjhfv2v3liv47msggognbtdqn1/wovijigakerolanepaba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xahscw.com/userfiles/file/lekomumifapupufa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hijaulumut.com/contents//files/11390608424.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parisautotravel.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hp1qq1m809vpasu529ckvcf563/dasopezonerafolinigu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/drtgq1sugo6tk58ihlfng99asu/79932211274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160be9041a264e---robaradawevaxubufejeturuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exoticland.bg/upload/files/files/1873627720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ballestermultiservicios.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b62deb04605---pavub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=what+are+the+three+stages+of+carbohydrate+metabolismPDF 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_off00011862.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11862 11064 bytes
SHA-256: faa0f11c5cb69b2bc5dbafec9d67ac359a62f190c75e09041bb11f03f9f2b0b7
font_01_sfnt_off000131ff.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x131FF 17176 bytes
SHA-256: 6cf80f9677c1376979b5a48c2795db23d15560f635c6d86f59846a86a56786ce
font_02_sfnt_off00015f43.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15F43 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1