Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 2012106dbbe52e8e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 18:33:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 0c5a45002781a8d432b5253fb861f0f6 SHA-1: 48466aacac9769d639a89d66873492021bc13e69 SHA-256: 2012106dbbe52e8e61afd046515b562f8c3bf19bab1594070ebe5af07ba1fe77
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The presence of embedded JavaScript and numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggests the document is designed to exploit vulnerabilities or redirect users to malicious sites. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' further supports the idea that the links are part of a campaign to distribute malware or phish for information.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://www.toptehnik.si/images/besabuteti.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://gulertrafik.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jge8bmej8d4l0ave95he0qi1ro/wopujekekirepop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://belgradenightlife.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jo74lifkqdholq2ojamnh5qnht/fabagororulodenigumakof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bancodevida.com/bancodevida/admin/images/image/file/58459201433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a8695b5a98ff3a011cd079a4cd9f4ba6/lemixidugufofadexofagege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/masogabidodewogupa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kede.org/userfiles/file/pipilidivubusosutedudaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://opalbiosciences.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16090b9373ab54---duzusabokeweraj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gentlemensquartersbarbershop.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1630eb60c005a3d9814181f1163f0029/satagufopodavofo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vitacanes.com/uploads/files/dopadezup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.birapart.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608faafee7551---bipasenij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fine-cottage.ru/userfiles/file/paxazuroziwowaki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osullivanspressurewashing.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a9e805e64e8---72155865856.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ilc.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/jnauj793f1f1k0lqcjmqh1me41/wereguw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smart.sut.ac.th/tsme/src/lib/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bimevepelopeninabopi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kes-stv.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5815a69ecf33953ca70603f2e81e91e4/pinidokurozitinusolapukuf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hc6999.com/userfiles/files/rudomurakulipazekogajapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ddd-iasi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613502bf2ba67---bazekezevawurolepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/702d39bc76588403c2b38f49131254b4/92461867144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yilip.net/userData/board/file/guduvadigetoruxemajusam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://globalazeri.az/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qgfdnl4h2a11jhb6behe77il33/67825716228.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marksiegeldds.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/caf856523f0550077dc0a51d2db76802/mijejedomapatazivavoba.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cps-mbstu.edu.bd/app/webroot/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/1550076268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sipare.com.ar/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b0g713o6oi69mvqfld7id8fbiv/temilezokotamegibinux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bonekarusa.com/contents//files/72863305687.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=wb+hra+declaration+form+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_off0000c635.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC635 10852 bytes
SHA-256: 205449d2fa5bd5faabcc522997dc2b2c9de7866b2c229ab811c00fe84f93f79b
font_01_sfnt_off0000deca.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDECA 17044 bytes
SHA-256: 71b0379ccbef22014c507b57f7775378ceed189267265745de9009126f457a99
font_02_sfnt_off00010b04.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B04 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1