Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12ef5997aa2503c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

85.8 KB Created: 2021-07-13 12:32:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: a2809e118188cb655c50e850c0573f63 SHA-1: 98ad2477a7cc07dce577dddc247f2afc8a468653 SHA-256: 12ef5997aa2503c2be09e81b737ab0416df73684f57ac46f9ed5c1de7f29dc8f
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised CMS platforms or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the extensive use of external URLs points to a watering hole or redirection attack.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9849

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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=4+year+old+squinting+one+eye
    • https://monyetmesum.com/contents//files/lunumowug.pdf
    • https://a2designbg.com/userfiles/file/pixosewolatowow.pdf
    • http://sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2f6819bd4f91ee1c3c81f5859a8b308d/jaradabubatedinerapafajig.pdf
    • https://medicinasolidale.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/03aec5b3509b5eba956b6e8b6a451cc2/53653761429.pdf
    • http://www.majoriscambio.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160afe046be87a---vesutituzov.pdf
    • http://www.awakohchang.com/image/upload/File/anulobupe.pdf
    • https://www.sehersirin.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b166b80b5d---15522462025.pdf
    • http://c2mag.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d99e8f6db1b---2240754452.pdf
    • http://csc-028.com/userfiles/file/20210630151809_rg46ah.pdf
    • http://ibshop.gr/uploads/_uploads/files/wexenebeli.pdf
    • http://szalkasszorutacskok.hu/app/webroot/files/content/files/raxelovaxejurur.pdf
    • https://aliencosmicexpo.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b498ddac563---zegetikek.pdf
    • https://agsposure.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3bc2c8e7dd76d26ec3caa1cc06385f38/18478867168.pdf
    • https://akdenizokullari.k12.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fnvep3m6ns3c14hnqs44nre8jm/duromerebalupewemiwa.pdf
    • http://impressivetravelvietnam.com/upload/files/nexerepinelos.pdf
    • https://matras-matrasych96.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zoxulexivanijuraxuzu.pdf
    • http://plusbateria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087c6dcb3aad---tabogusugapaj.pdf
    • http://gomientrung.vn/uploads/image/files/21745025148.pdf
    • http://mpti.ru/userfiles/file/melarodefoxezifut.pdf
    • https://www.themeshcowork.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/86f868d5e24efb99b88a0ba76eead13d/lademokoz.pdf
    • http://multiseal.com.ph/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607422ae2fe2c---57248770663.pdf
    • http://andlupa.com/userfiles/file/tumumifalukusasabibas.pdf
    • http://hopkinshigh62.com/clients/7/77/7764523e397120ad9b09b1da26998858/File/23189880680.pdf
    • https://nceptionsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f7227d63d90da93a93f3bc64648cc9d1/ganedazutudofawevutukel.pdf
    • http://kulturazebrak.cz/userfiles/fojenugululafud.pdf
    • https://www.bouldersudbury.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16070394dec61e---rebupupi.pdf
    • https://alianzatours.com/imagenes/file/bosawivewi.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_off0000ed9f.bin
105c89665ff642edbaf137f841b7e73d45126a3a4f0a515753fe0d83d081dda7
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED9F 10764 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off00010600.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10600 16792 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00011e12.bin
cdec1bf53d2ae376dc32b877e62b3f069cb08a92e239e8bfeb8b59c09bcc3888
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11E12 16204 bytes