Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 8912f12e330d8e38…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-15 21:25:04 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: 51779751f6c42b487159411c5ec90a64 SHA-1: d1ca3d5a22a431be3b7f69377e4b991f8cc1ac4c SHA-256: 8912f12e330d8e381b7518600af91c520f8814d7a43652ff9f94c0ec196880fd
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF file contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to redirect users to malicious websites or download further payloads. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malware distribution attempt. The ClamAV detection as 'Pdf.Phishing.Trojan' further supports a malicious classification.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9840

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://agros.net/uploads/file/mozuje.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://architects-desk.com/uploadsfile/puzusopuzivotulibaravi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://searchkar.com/ci/userfiles/files/44137805112.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jeanthompson.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kagasunasufatogagizup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plovdivweek.com/app/templates/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/barala.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://customize.fr/fckeditor/editor/filemanager/connectors/php/img/Editor/file/koxep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dienlanhhuubinh.com/upload/files/21857692704.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613dda4907151---75309923501.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://prtourusa.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210903_594F8EB1811DAA4C.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.darrellstuckey.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130eee62e671---19918346618.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://freewest.at/zelomozovejit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://debseven.net/UserFiles/File/41555380032.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gloteckr.com/upload/editor/file/70656232866.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fmdscu.net/userfiles/file/leduwopasepove.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://arcdesantmarti.com/biocop/Images/images-editor/file/81061396387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aviatechinform.ru/sadm_files/97390184777.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vhktn.at/images/content/files/81624043875.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alhambra.kopanramen.com/uploads/files/93407600833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dispomydeal.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6703df7b086b5b7924a05d03dc3b3fc8/58103884195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tedesco.pl/userfiles/file/65053078077.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jr.ac.th/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tipitofawafaloruxipux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pk.mo/userfiles/file/soziluxexilatutusifubovot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://eletroluz-al.com/_IMG/img_internas/file/74650496000.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tele-video.ru/upload/files/23488994413.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.allatpatikapecs.hu/images/file/80129399528.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://honghuibio.com/d/files/gegegi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=download+auto+clicker+for+androidPDF 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_off0000c30d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC30D 10580 bytes
SHA-256: 3dbd547bab9be7167a7e926b311eb4e6114fb5ce59d9a9d5e99088e6d4b0857f
font_01_sfnt_off0000db5f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDB5F 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f371.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF371 17904 bytes
SHA-256: c41024bc02150eaf1457250a0a85f5ed83b7568e46868263e0f63406a1fa90bf