Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12ea7591b7d54bde…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.6 KB Created: 2021-08-21 17:33:38 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 4a69554504cfe1128fc6ec2ca1201226 SHA-1: 16a5505230cf677b72afdcbc1b4660b6978accdf SHA-256: 12ea7591b7d54bdef5d64570fc887e7724d94222b1dd5c9915c765737c8ceb01
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. Several heuristics indicate the presence of link farms and compromised CMS uploads, suggesting an attempt to distribute malware or phish for credentials. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9790

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 https://cahayaapi1.com/contents//files/kikigajeruwogapogunopeku.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://amesmedicalservices.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160835a7ec0b69---26196438232.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://robedecreateur.com/img/files/87173830740.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97bd88cc25f8c6fd12d9901bf4f818b6/74642800380.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://constructionone.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16077c4724f5e7---46664510257.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160cb1c08053b4---35329190416.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bouncebodysupplements.com/newerac2c/userfiles/file/12915906825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.training4thefuture.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c56cac1e54a---kasazulomaw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lookupagency.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a45b750967---13719432594.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bentzendesign.se/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dbe923b8960---1973956359.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amkboiler.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/db37693nofo3kug31osbj1q171/nelilavudewarumu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://williamshudson.org/clients/3/35/35bf74ce48b5c120232fd40fb4fe3e45/File/66577195173.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://euhoca.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/8494691171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulaikhatextile.com/userfiles/files/fosiziwana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solmoda.it/userfiles/files/886008679.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sunnyvale.com/wysiwygfiles/file/86251423756.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://plumcourse.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3e968710c174dc77def3c4de653d513c/97803769049.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/498afb02f2d3dbe5aea29b9e8a41afe7/77132171899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ausafrica.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bc155b1fdf3---21565977528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maugli24.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/477d2da2659ae68e472e61cefa090f99/zikotomaru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070480159891---41626044623.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wavesmaroochydore.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0g56t35a6g6s14nu202pqv4828/13909194343.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.iycadana.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/i04rrnb07amt27eqsupbf9e457/viradukufefubidajexukomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aafkqcanfpgnhbng3b5i9a.xn--p1ai/pict/file/75076128824.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://inchiriereelicopterromania.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba2703850fa---6596860446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.insurancedirectcanada.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a3b28a79d3---46970444031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/LPIa9PGmDLg/uplcv?utm_term=como+leer+las+cartas+del+tarot+pdfPDF 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_off00012bdd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12BDD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000143ef.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x143EF 18488 bytes
SHA-256: b8520deed5568367d62cedcdab38fcc92d422f338c1ca97f88cc3615bf1be2d4
font_02_sfnt_off000172b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x172B8 10616 bytes
SHA-256: 1b3f50e064c211106357b2889a6ed75ff72ec08416ed0b6093d9f102ca54f481