Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12eb43f53ffc3b66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

91.5 KB Created: 2021-07-06 04:51:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: b8a75139417e5630aa8e65a03d02ab5b SHA-1: 701f64ece43edf28d4916fed46160d6059cc5e40 SHA-256: 12eb43f53ffc3b6685b09f7217768160901cac9a3003fc538c45050b58345567
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The PDF contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a user-driven malicious workflow.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9956

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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://avtrak.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/55146908351.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.expertnutritionadvisor.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16089e5fae5ae0---5993102668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dinskayarealty.ru/media/file/39228268417.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.budgetskemaet.dk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160745ae1176d4---xosasigilibepokatokejelen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://topopentertainment.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b44bd270b36---gonijetopefezogekame.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kvgrup.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85886e7c10---mafubumedixipilamu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://basalyemek.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dokatipijodipobisiloririj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baconbites.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h10pa14tfrkhtiu9nfjns5ed57/jisidomovuvobozikutureru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asiavent.com/UserFiles/file///kafuleziwesikajafoje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://omak1968.com/clients/71178/File/xefogerexupoloxovolavawon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160988326f1db1---42106985473.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cdhsalumni.com/clients/28864/File/nilenav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://an-professional.ru/img/files/file/16321654428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spaslask.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hdfhsip3ds8inos73s24okobe2/gexumigagusefaguzebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vdgairconditioning.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608b8fc25f1c4---bamakibizuxevodurigus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mmgrowersg.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/93218973518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ecvbrass.ch/user/web/file/88873268653.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cbolean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hphoi0t9tflgnhtm18e6n6qfm5/nojukobosaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://samuiluxurytravel.com/Uploads/file/78584933959.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mrmusicfoundation.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/joge6ncmbspqplbp2oe3jafm2n/6037107512.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kudamatsu.org/userfiles/file/gixuvif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cubic.is/userfiles/file/27386003063.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3CAf4wW3hvY/uplcv?utm_term=teaching+conjunctions+speech+therapyPDF 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_off0001043e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1043E 10916 bytes
SHA-256: eac621a2ced0be4d0c26efe3b93de8f736095e85a16ec821b63edb2f06c1b204
font_01_sfnt_off00011d84.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11D84 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00013596.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13596 16736 bytes
SHA-256: 49d8e64e123fa1a6812e3bd8a8b6cae273ce873874b5fb19a4219f00751237b2