Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12d124d6b850bb31…

MALICIOUS

PDF

87.0 KB Created: 2021-07-21 16:48:25 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 2f00b5cbfdd83c88ae9cd3bbfb635a8c SHA-1: 55499790808f3040a7551ace4d1d01753717b280 SHA-256: 12d124d6b850bb31e5c65e983c383e2dfcbafe8c065d904d1142d3b883b81795
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The presence of a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress upload storage suggests an attempt to host malicious files or redirect users to phishing pages. ClamAV detection and ML classification strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://alternativefitness.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607724668b0a6---47367622616.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.bewegeninarnhem.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607c56e5c821d---verapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.infrascale.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f87b6773f50b3fee79e252a19aefa23/20391875182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad2ec9b2f9d---75180754707.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alvasari.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cbc2a49755---doxugoporo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://twfern.org/upload/ckfinder_temp/files/20210606115613.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://curry-box-deluxe.de/userfiles/file/45706234731.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cichanski.com/Upload/file/rirujomivoboxawonukufowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fewo-spreewald-schoetzigk.de/brandenburgtag/img/editor/file/xuxuwuradoxenurozep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stagerightstaging.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6316b3169007641c1ea91ad152af40b8/14917339192.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--l3cbpp3gh4a5g5c.com/userfiles/files/risugaxipugipitumejaxubin.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shannonlakeestates.org/fck_images/file/18637418605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://elektrona.cz/files/file/30017585218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smobiil.eu/userfiles/files/pegozonazadafisirujepaxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmuniontravel.com/userfiles/file/wibizepuwozokunib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shihtzufurbabies.net/clients/d/d3/d383cf0c90cf2d2391705d5438694b4c/File/xogogexevawidareru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.victorian-manor.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd0eb5a36d0---80358726772.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tsutae-f.com/js/upload/files/21057748806.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ebsenglish.net/_UploadFile/Images/file/pizububuvu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://toyotaquangninh.org/data/dulieu/files/11141450339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fullx.net/files/retuxijowuzuripuzuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nc2e.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607176657ba77---76915530128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lavalnerina.it/userfiles/file/69534528163.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.thecandystoresudbury.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o6gkjpi25lergniuj6llveg8tn/10427682378.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/YTWXjIUwRh0/uplcv?utm_term=salt+and+water+mouth+rinsePDF 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_off0000ef7a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xEF7A 10772 bytes
SHA-256: 11ff1ad2f23ceb32d872792f54036bd45b341c4314b4af1dc33da5dcdd13d0c5
font_01_sfnt_off0001081a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1081A 17568 bytes
SHA-256: 22cd7fbf2229276c9d670ddeada2cf71e9a08e02db9778a785f96bb6c775d73a
font_02_sfnt_off00013632.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13632 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1