Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12f63479475b7f3b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

71.7 KB Created: 2021-06-24 11:33:24 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 4.8.7) First seen: 2021-09-25
MD5: 0985754ee4eb8114020455b534f1a13e SHA-1: b02f61c5370f96caed21eb6d574adb1703a1b36c SHA-256: 12f63479475b7f3bc80d3e319709b4983484835fc30570ee07958ddca4319897
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9798

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • PDF differential parser failed info PDF_DIFFERENTIAL_PARSE_FAILED
    The cross-check parser (pdfminer.six) failed on this file: PDF differential parser failed: PDFSyntaxError. Static heuristics still ran and any of their findings above are valid; only the differential cross-check signal is missing.
  • 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://unitedcardsolutions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16078b4db49083---femusizojubadomu.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://dajuicebarus.com/uploads/files/punugexawipejifasogum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thesmithgrouphouston.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/82140263f2ae8b5a9efac425fb10ff60/bepanebobak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pirac.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/275fd4b682b39b172333f32f7e1db8f8/83277553826.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kaplanpm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f823d556e5---78913922028.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nfc.soo.jp/file/fufinumo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://refundsrefunds.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16075394ecf46c---zaruxen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://evocative.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab4837d2b2a---lemaduwivusekolibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.lang-mayer.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608f2f76da212---71797706765.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://balone.net/_upload/file/%5C/pipamofetopibegazolasosi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://visaonline-vn.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ko646oe4atuj7943afa62e99t4/35993043783.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.conkite.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c7118f946d5852dd9e3ed8899f8439de/1751691670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609cbb1f44b1e---xeximaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.unidacardoso.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c3f0a55d68e---pibuvipik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://riskhedgetech.com/uploaded/file/12788215736091b6200d4c8.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eyestech.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1mk51bhfmpapeii10usvn7eos3/zozozazaraseme.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sacoorhealth.pt/site/upload/file/gawisojudodilefu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gtsonline.nl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/tc8soob0bn51umr5vvrfrs053o/bodedisulorepajezujisazi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tort-art.ru/userfiles/file/88818162848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/In PDF document text
    • http://www.ascendercorp.com/typedesigners.htmlIn PDF document text
    • http://fedorahosted.org/lohitIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=5th+geography+book+in+marathi+pdfPDF link annotation
    • http://scripts.sil.org/OFLIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000d1b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD1B8 5580 bytes
SHA-256: bf36170563be0c87f44933c3a75da76df2d26a7abef5581ad0d4455819505cec
font_01_sfnt_off0000e48e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE48E 10392 bytes
SHA-256: 39f5b278380de3ed35d1917b80c9ab77eaf5e80e100814373e19d2180cd1d8e8
font_02_sfnt_off00010795.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10795 5796 bytes
SHA-256: 5220c415f8ad9c9687efcf99a25d1310301efe4a005a5be4340839324d2acb31