Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 3cf12064019f7607…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.6 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:03:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 07e4ec054c4b2a016ed6892c487e1863 SHA-1: 8ca3c94d2af87f709898b9803d1eaa6c47813c4b SHA-256: 3cf12064019f76077818c0e1380caeb83a752aa8b429443df55ecd866492df3d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF containing embedded JavaScript and a large number of external links, many pointing to potentially compromised or disposable hosting. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, specifically phishing. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or execution of further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • 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 https://www.bankkartya.hu/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28607857275.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ayhancevik.com/images_upload/files/39565658143.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://counterreaction.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607730cc2b1fe---remorixabu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://straps.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/92243651511.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wib24-admin.de/uploads/file/41786742817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://christschoolblr.in/userfiles/file/vojakulovemujefusobafobor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inglewoodreunion.com/clients/68690/File/97337897629.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zimaletto.com/uploads/file/bufajen.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://iwishop.hu/file/redekawuramivetiko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://filtrydokoparek.pl/img/all/15689870423.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hayatteknoloji.com/webimage/file/jajufukokifuxemozilaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studioboscono.it/userfiles/files/pivepa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cedresarquitectura.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611ae4adc2fce---sijonomemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brusroom.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3d8a7ea2839e328ba1ff89006e990974/13837242985.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kiddeefire.com/media/userfiles/files/sokavubofaman.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nadamasristorante.it/file/97902899899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://avenirpourtous.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d8e48f90a01---41359222938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anonelectronics.com/admin/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/upload_jpg/file/202105052004568498.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harrisitalia.it/uploads/file/mojamuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bellezaeimagen.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d93cb093da7---porimagagodaze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fitviewer.biz/files/file/mimasesile.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsinphar.com/uploads/files/bimigevogexopuzosu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zxsolar.com/d/files/53325455084.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/h54prg2p4b9p28l9kakktss6a0/71793437346.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/PmAiG5ZyT-k/uplcv?utm_term=determining+domain+and+range+of+a+function+worksheetPDF 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_off0000da11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDA11 22040 bytes
SHA-256: 0f6b3883b6850d8c70e5953edbd30565377700eccb5047d6aca3db423b10b619
font_01_sfnt_off00011227.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11227 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012a3e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12A3E 11156 bytes
SHA-256: 598fe8a71f61058dc03273ab357c80d352d10b07664d8ec8f7adbdd3391a7080