Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 12fd0e133a31a8dd…

MALICIOUS

PDF

79.3 KB Created: 2021-09-05 22:27:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 1552ddd5de7e7e753a2b015130cb932d SHA-1: 8cbcfed6df3418a5d04bbb8481c0e75bfd30d1ec SHA-256: 12fd0e133a31a8dda55a1a6c14a0cd48a66f02e0f2f42cc6f5d11d3fe0c08f28
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains numerous embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely phishing or malware delivery through these links. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further suggests a deliberate effort to create a network of links for malicious purposes.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9953

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
  • 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://ascinfratech.com/clientprojects/trading/file/guzopinemulo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://driver-jazda.pl/upload/file/80726540605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thegioidongphuc.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/liwovepo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sudaff.com/pics/file/butejumurabajizorofuvosif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lorenzonimmigrationlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607b36c826b4b---sigexerugorop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.anclupnapoli.it/userfiles/file/80071814996.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bbensonmft.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/16dcbadf4381dd1a4f8c9f25f1aebb58/bevexe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gyarmatilovastorna.hu/userfiles/file/figelelowovumuwuronisiju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inwallendorf.de/userfiles/file/puleso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a77b7c806f5---62761776728.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canvasations.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/urk2ccircprjn6t2eplomupu30/96882535492.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.wikiwebagency.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/56c4eacaf87b1e7127d6d610d10eb431/lazuzerosovuwazesejonon.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nobody-films.com/bpms/includes/fckeditor_uploads/userfiles/file/fotudaxoxupiwewe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ehs1958.org/clients/73155/File/kogavadeledorizumonud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://reklamaopole.pl/userfiles/file/29573413681.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://premiumvipbusiness.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8d9a0f6c9233ec507e6da55b406e4a15/51138155847.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mirembeestate.co.ug/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bd5091d69b7---pidutizuvafoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cullinanconstruction.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/l544h8itg5shqtbk8iiklod6mo/71019169667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kubabus.cz/novy-web/upload/file/bunixapowi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atlaskvartir.ua/data/uploads/files/gokizirekuxizana.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tratedu.net/ssss2018/assets/143ad273/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/userfiles/files/96df272645e90202fd2938e931570f52.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rent2day.ca/ci2/userfiles/files/gopevozepijoparuwodila.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vieclamkythuat123.com/upload/files/42328817486.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://denda.co.kr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kakid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=skyfall+piano+easy+pdfPDF 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_off0000d426.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD426 16980 bytes
SHA-256: d8199c425b4c064a5d44ca6f9ba829fe9e40c248cd77c9ae04ab51ab50448ac1
font_01_sfnt_off0000ffd6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFFD6 10572 bytes
SHA-256: 9b79f0631ef8123d118df7b649c8ed2f40420dab1d87a7867a31ee20daa69023
font_02_sfnt_off0001180e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1180E 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1