Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12d8b6bd24c545ac…

MALICIOUS

PDF

90.4 KB Created: 2021-07-01 15:32:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 47f8795bb1d45cfccb148dd3a998ec70 SHA-1: e1be4922ade1ba235ce890eaf383ee7ff8a6d0f7 SHA-256: 12d8b6bd24c545ac52a401dc238e8efd4f56fdb05ede6d292da74fede5815343
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to compromised WordPress sites and other domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. Although no scripts were explicitly extracted, the PDF structure and embedded URLs point towards a malicious document designed to exploit user interaction.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

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://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=second+newton+law+of+motion PDF link annotation
    • https://www.sacproblemleri.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c280bf18b3c---7851275958.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wooshin.kr/uploaded/file/34801706560d4af7c2c6bc.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cbbviiljpsbqn6qkv25kt6juei/wowigew.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.adler-leitishofen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160729b855e7a2---26414625133.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://for-rent-aalst.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a83e10f38d1---11565658566.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anpo.vn/upload/files/fupejaxanukonovalaxate.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://immo-macedo.lu/userfiles/files/27209430565.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.syah.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ed46d6f0dbfd370a3d2855be24b39732/41494585594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/zibikosolub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://action-roofing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8819bc3cc0f778c4e7d6fc88b5a6e20c/nejatikixit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://assushop.com/userfiles/assushop.com/file/tejodakogojosafofadomizep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608c18dc67191.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://felix-schulze.biz/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bh9jolbdrjtkd86os66n2fbg6r/kunofuguxutuxadijimene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nisbd.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077afc64021a---73022798291.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://test.uebersetzungen-nesselberger.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607788cb63a7d---bimafumixasipukinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.reliancecareuk.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61411f4eab917b3f8fe0b0b83cb22c79/49898841222.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sattosushi.com/uploads/files/widodovivasewetuzum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arredamentoambienti.it/img/file/7989890069.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/lu5o1en2d6tqoqpcesippu7vsr/tuvebefekelovavon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.asahinadigital.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3kr3smnbgh6bitb352n3e33oin/4326538137.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kioskcondoweb.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160738892b2926---19186632169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lovewhereyoulv.wpengine.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6efe29317a961e17d4b3dd43ac291a1f/zater.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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
stream_004_off000126da.bin decompressed-pdf-stream PDF FlateDecoded stream at offset 0x126DA 18372 bytes
SHA-256: c429ac5ba501cd5a0608ff2a0020dda07c6fc8027ca8101266d785a69e26bc65
font_00_sfnt_off0000e17d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE17D 17280 bytes
SHA-256: 2a26efe10fde8aba657928aa5c0f3ed9957a9f085732158a881a8a6f1e3b9257
font_01_sfnt_off00010ed0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10ED0 10528 bytes
SHA-256: ff27f4251967b854494ce79d81bd1192cadf2e52023bc515cac7e545b8c6094d
font_03_sfnt_off000143e7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143E7 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1