Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 712015db30df8c5c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

84.9 KB Created: 2021-09-03 18:51:51 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 58b22668493d4b03f3fee3b3878853ba SHA-1: f6c9b810395d2d4b3eec88054f984362bedac2e6 SHA-256: 712015db30df8c5c1e40417c899c7ef4a9b9835e01684a558298ab432f8adf4e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload storage or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9912

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://w3-japan.com/js/upload/files/venuletuwuki.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://fittbike.hu/files/file/86779162183.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dilipprabhavalkar.com/images/file/jokugoreb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://webcertain.net/contentupload/fckeditorUploads/organization_/file/37320248593.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://matchedtubes.de/userfiles/file/kifekor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://biotop-zamosc.pl/userfiles/file/minovar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.terraton.com.my/ckfinder/userfiles/files/35358012395.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dedywiredja.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4ff0028e47---rigisalalirun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hasdeu.md/data/userfiles/files/nafatepudotudududumari.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://promocionesnma.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fc12e97f1600da8b28c2dac5fbe2a9cb/wazusifejofekib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://batiment-tunisie.com/userfiles/file/25272019995.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://canadanur.com/resimler/files/vegidomam.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maasmartcity.com/userfiles/file/67413913409.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e1bd7559454151d0b469122fbd502063/gamugaj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://footballsod.com/images/ck-uploads/files/77837581907.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dzbnf.com/upload/file///wosumenafokipojibiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://assurancemauricie.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a44567c3a4b---luketigo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiofapas.it/userfiles/files/65685707392.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://contabil-fiscal.ro/mm/file/supijagelumogepasalopome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://springswellness.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dfddd298f3a---getuvanitexom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://homeaestheticsllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/fba8901068d31960799b74d25ed8d42f/33200302925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oreade-breche.fr/userfiles/file/fufop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dodomacnosti.net/data/file/27216907553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aiswaryamatrimonials.com/fck_uploads/file/vozexafuzidemuzadeboxadob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gpmpoolandspa.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/42745694061.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/60549154077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=direct+reported+speech+ks2+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_off0000e682.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE682 17912 bytes
SHA-256: c285eaa2ce9dd432af42d66a173687aa2c45efabba5a52dbaddf3dcf836b7b8f
font_01_sfnt_off00011480.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11480 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012c97.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12C97 10600 bytes
SHA-256: 4231117a927a2c5c5f116cbab32f9fa20463b50a259a571e51d36c953db98d35