Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12f4202c9718faa8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.2 KB Created: 2021-08-06 21:01:09 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: 0fb11debb596a43e627ba8dcd326068b SHA-1: d34b87950c5578528acedb6fd18da376b111b60e SHA-256: 12f4202c9718faa8cf8e5455c3c00bb1595bcfd29f4370ec41de3e96f0a8bdd6
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised or disposable hosting. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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.
  • 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://anhuishangbiao.com/upload_fck/file/2021-5-12/20210512132753209708.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://cpspcb.com/uploads/files/muponerulakemobazuniluna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wickedcheesy.com/images/file/76899332985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://10glazsikeyrosa.ru/file/fadez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spencershaulageltd.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f840f9e2ff231e2840d3a35dfded9436/60210748548.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sh8ke.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095e26e89183---mutoraliferemir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://argra.rs/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0dd7befb72---donezexavuli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://veritiesinstitute.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c85d8efcf37455b23f43d4b88c53316c/wosuvefifakagifuzobomakib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mosoptagro.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3b6027a1a67d4197ece33282b1f02540/19999176507.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aivieksteslaivas.lv/userfiles/file/mogozakuv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hoffmanowska.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081432fdf22b---20116778297.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mcutech.net/files/49616509942.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://come2menorca.com/images/file/50687297339.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.techsrollout.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a82d28d3839---denubudavotedimojizukigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nanumed.ro/uploads/files/kolaxiluj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.knickmeier.net/images/pageimg/file/1430796304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ggmtc.net/userfiles/files/zojur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tomorrowhubs.com/upload/users/files/31163417444.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jonesfamilygathering.com/clients/2/28/28a2af4908f4fae7f70f8b91082c1e08/File/11050298452.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cosalesrep.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b9a6c8fe0a9e65263e4af2396371e35c/92981776741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maduraicaterers.com/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bomik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://utilitydiscount.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bf2109c73e6---87998853569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/voligizuto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/6naE_Nh8_CY/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+osha+forklift+certificationPDF 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_off0000f6f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF6F1 10520 bytes
SHA-256: 969d675d211f3f4c40b0b9d988a22a7cea11051856650ab6baa81d7fa42f827b
font_01_sfnt_off00010ee3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10EE3 16532 bytes
SHA-256: 9110aa656d46c1b7aa1283755e846eefd11c38b12291428240f945e4d52feba0
font_02_sfnt_off000139e0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x139E0 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1