Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12e230bb212d7e73…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.0 KB Created: 2021-07-08 15:27:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: f306dc99b59372274bcc5f13aa9c71e4 SHA-1: 8e0246e8cb44da19b1ec54ab3661c84e915aa2bb SHA-256: 12e230bb212d7e73a9da7dff2c7b33efde98db74eba758c3ff74b65255687a37
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs. Several heuristics indicate that this PDF is part of a link farm, with many links pointing to compromised CMS uploads or disposable hosting. The embedded JavaScript and the link farm structure suggest an attempt to redirect users to malicious sites or download further payloads, consistent with phishing or malware distribution campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9846

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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://ketchas.ru/uplcv?utm_term=merchant+and+acquisition
    • http://wagnerfamilyreunion.com/clients/866685/File/43127425492.pdf
    • https://glowskincare.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f942bce28d12df42e58702853b1a8856/pupuxopujomojeborasamaxom.pdf
    • http://sskj.pl/userfiles/file/demogigulokuwadupolur.pdf
    • https://stellabakingcompany.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c985be6a134---tezojatubap.pdf
    • http://www.skup.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606d1430b7781---35794914416.pdf
    • https://gregor-biffiger.ch/userfiles/file/laxazalaseloti.pdf
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de5b54b65ed---33125098172.pdf
    • http://ya-ke.cn/admin/upload/didizevuvoj.pdf
    • http://tootingtaxi.com/survey/userfiles/files/33666938583.pdf
    • http://exactblue.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a728776b41---rilegakogol.pdf
    • http://www.loockuniformes.com.br/home/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b03b03011bb---vawun.pdf
    • https://u-spot.biz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/26699122540.pdf
    • https://goldengrowers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/586a3123865560fa5c47604feaf2ee2d/wodedufa.pdf
    • https://www.travelticket.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jf4he7ga2lppajsr7ge4csg7rj/tofejabinufeve.pdf
    • https://inlandautorepairmurrietaca.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d92e0c0e33fe5beda4ce9c8ec43ef2d6/gujudozurimub.pdf
    • https://www.apollopowersystems.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0a69b4b73f81f1b8a3a68e6429819793/newirawirakev.pdf
    • https://www.ptlittleflower.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/oki07unkcak03nqtu78feih8if/26216469881.pdf
    • http://mastera-mix.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wuwewisiburenuzu.pdf
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/340c0de69110e968cf1cb154d8585e3a/mamalom.pdf
    • https://borderpak.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/77f5aa04f8a397733b7178ac35c53afc/93219190748.pdf
    • https://ludifrance.fr/userfiles/file/zopoxiwu.pdf
    • http://mountmedpharmacy.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609277a7d2968---wovor.pdf
    • http://lbhodgereunion.com/clients/3/38/38e1f81cb1ac74d12d86c8ba87866b9f/File/31009931339.pdf
    • http://graphicon.hu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a93201c9189---dosedagonoguvifufo.pdf
    • http://arserwood.com/js/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/connector.php/upfiles/file/210505143454621516xgjre2.pdf
    • https://www.democratum.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/233c651a93ec9656145bf04769c53d20/66366032534.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_off0000dcee.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDCEE 16792 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f500.bin
19bbab8633233302178e38514e9c8ced8b161ca469fb0d6c944e6e67c74457bf
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF500 16108 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e9f.bin
6628bd4723ddc47d37ac65ebbc2aebe9e3620b3d8dee7df551cee0eae522529c
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E9F 10660 bytes