Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12f072a90773b219…

MALICIOUS

PDF

95.7 KB Created: 2021-08-25 22:57:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 50d22ae7a2cdd47de1c9eb6196e77a91 SHA-1: 04a3458f248de98c732f29afffea759e14dfb87b SHA-256: 12f072a90773b2192d08799445ed5a98e974ef3297476e711b9935ceed705b4b
204 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The file is identified as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, exhibiting characteristics of a phishing lure. It contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links to external PDFs hosted on compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The 'SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE' heuristic indicates the document likely instructs the user to open a password-protected archive, a common tactic to bypass gateway security.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

Heuristics 8

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • Password-protected archive handoff high SE_PASSWORD_ARCHIVE_LURE
    Document gives password instructions for an archive or attachment — often used to keep payloads encrypted until after gateway scanning
  • 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 http://www.a-fairys-choice.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607ceb7145b81---jasafasexijoj.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j5v1mbjdk7g7pk75mj976osnqp/17634295868.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wphs67.com/clients/9/95/95f8299e8098c1f2c85aab0f7ead5e97/File/fikavazufujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.consorcio.edu.pe/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1610e18c9a3401---34618642828.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zzweien.com/d/files/dulug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jedwines.com/cmsCart//upload/file/funadovoxutid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carparts-fixture.com/file/file/lobilixikobezonatuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://qianshunqs.com/admin/upload/vezuka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loskutova.site/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/4b9a9d71af9b36ecf112e85d415abc88/rozanojimeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gostium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d2ad5db37e---dokugepifux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ontheedgeofnow.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e18878f875---pilefefanavapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keletunderground.hu/images/uploaded_pics/file/75264671584.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://studio45.live/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gmonaqs6kauqcqjtm9lrnf59lm/4663005808.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://empylean.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rk7qbkglqtikguon5m8opujjsd/30232017196.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://buzmakov-ua.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/62119372392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jar-ted.pl/file/90594025324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://skincarebylaura.com/clients/862251/File/kosulazunebenisi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mananthavadynorbertines.org/www/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/91736817767.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nccutrackandfieldnation.com/clients/2/2c/2cea5a7e730406ee40dfbbde6098010c/File/26944775996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greenld.com/userfiles/97646811768.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bazatalty.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0adc58da27d5c474a4f83165df698ece/sonidoxote.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ec8dd43b17---25371339042.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://prikolnaya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a06dbcd20817653ad09c5a93772ec4cc/badugono.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3df6648411---86658133461.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=bootstrap+4+multi+step+form+with+validationPDF 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_off00010db8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DB8 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000125cf.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x125CF 11144 bytes
SHA-256: 8514241dab1abe44ddd7a8a4690cf4da3e06bf8ae1157be18746d5c2a16ce6d5
font_02_sfnt_off00013fcc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13FCC 18632 bytes
SHA-256: 1ab03645c26717a659390c68e4b7d74fffadc5945a78ddbf7ec3e04f20a2d023