Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12ec1538a3addfc2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

81.6 KB Created: 2021-07-30 15:23:58 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 7128cebd26b7bb2ce5e3c2d49aa00f68 SHA-1: eb4599b07f300d15ba4d6c97248c9f9fe27e4803 SHA-256: 12ec1538a3addfc2cadbfe7099be2ace42fd403357683e143e464a91ca2db22f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to compromised WordPress sites, indicating a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection to these malicious URLs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9978

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://miamiuniquelimo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160734bb254e87---6515348310.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://objetivovender.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609972519feee---10533636179.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://noks.cz/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160725efa2031f---93671861601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szao-spb.ru/images/news/file/gagatoxurigevaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yonseri.org/userfiles/files/xubazamoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://educationindiajournal.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/miginerabijenafuxiba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wrhs1967.org/clients/6/61/617565fc8afb9cc6d18abf932d248b7a/File/72429498515.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanipacific.com/attachment/file/duref.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sidertest.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075ab49039a9---mufoxugal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://perleyparish.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/372ce1ec88fd6e7149b379b7832d9e0e/pagetub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://screen.by/images/file/fixejefex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oschouston.com/osc/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090464bcc859---67768666534.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chartsunlimited.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9362bf0c4d---lonuxusa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalclassic.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mlbo7pfetr2jn74ekkgrf9f67h/pinawavawisapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bikinibody.be/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/actc6lmr503aud0s8lsi2ct080/733057525.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://giritrademark.com/content_files/files/47103759659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rickgrisolia.com/userfiles/files/25582009218.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://murphysbeads.com/clients/54316/File/86919132548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/6012120406092dc45d9148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.web2business.pt/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fcbf89af5a4---94766238749.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mysmilestudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/70d6fa9e8f5182aff70d1f85cd93a7c5/zakojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitefamilyreunion2020.org/clients/4/4c/4c64578d40ee165aaf486c9a1ef3309b/File/73669774247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipjanah.ir/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/cah4npcomel6er7mgb8ac3b8u0/moxesafagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/20586956765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c90aa5a18be---depalesixopibamabo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=mitosis+coloring+homework+answer+keyPDF 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_off0000db00.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB00 10960 bytes
SHA-256: 464639275ada5c310755e2763abb399c28909511bb7429e1c4bc491ef787bb6b
font_01_sfnt_off0000f45b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF45B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00010c6d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C6D 16564 bytes
SHA-256: e2dd5c7e4e762d16deefaa275704cb795b36a34d376b57b6c57b11bea77b2044