Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 912ab5a604beac3a…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.2 KB Created: 2021-09-06 19:28:43 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3)
MD5: ffec9f1d5ed9e5cef94a4129762006c8 SHA-1: d55e3a4d99d1c53a3f582bc82e86492a7e45bd95 SHA-256: 912ab5a604beac3af182d39fe444e62813295d5b66087f69934ba4e80172439e
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. The heuristics indicate a link farm pointing to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to distribute phishing content or further malware. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

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 https://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=phd+research+proposal+in+accounting+pdf
    • https://vantainoidia.vn/ci/userfiles/files/58301770032.pdf
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0s45jkjpta6nolehjblqno9e6/25443923694.pdf
    • https://estidevelopers.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1b9dc54f2408ceb0f58ba2a5cee322b/temitekisovosedotul.pdf
    • http://gesundimjob.at/images/content/files/vivupifupamatav.pdf
    • https://alfa-pechati.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0656f8c4657da198af33eb1fc1c9ab6/zomitej.pdf
    • http://join-angel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/pubenani.pdf
    • https://aspirecambodia-edu.org/userfiles/file/furumatevifixumotonamufa.pdf
    • https://hoanghaie.com/Images_upload/files/24962693465.pdf
    • https://estigotours.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/aac57f74825233f3f9183f3e68dd06bf/marivixisejifu.pdf
    • http://soldresold.com/Shradhdha-Mehra/soldresold/final/ckeditorimage/files/munekezetofuvumogidadobo.pdf
    • http://myphamlulanjina.com/upload/files/zibozakopipakekexozuxi.pdf
    • https://spacio.hk/attachment/file/bivukumurugerusetexat.pdf
    • http://cathugo.de/res/wysiwyg/file/57071401580.pdf
    • https://mebelpozakazu.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2dd4a3187fcd96ff941e2f5bf64e3fa4/52823090753.pdf
    • https://cradlegold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc4fof1a62do55vj588fjqo90n/fitajupusijipukotuxuvi.pdf
    • http://akcjonariusz.com/UserFiles/file/rukagikuxabubedatopor.pdf
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b5619c7437a---kedidifubezubigesajis.pdf
    • http://www.espace-hotelier.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/90959804243.pdf
    • https://e-lightingcontrols.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cba3c9961fdd8a83a27a581b1f11396/20133306200.pdf
    • http://tayles.com/uploaded/pijowosif.pdf
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/96901761618.pdf
    • http://inewbus.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rrmn2no5pds8sa91f2qlat8t84/vosexugojufuxejepedi.pdf
    • https://asharfilalkulfi.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18557067821.pdf
    • https://readxyz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0fc9cf8557d80db7b68381eb38fa3ac8/83438383850.pdf
    • https://oiweld.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ff8b21dea69a6289ba7ed3022fbd2d3/1078014082.pdf
    • https://www.quatainvestimentos.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16111eee2a3a3f---baxuxotetifafaxaneji.pdf
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/License

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dfc0.bin
9ffca91a07cf6920930d5a34db1d8b27f3d65ae2020bdd437f56a6b1aed1bc73
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFC0 11000 bytes
font_01_sfnt_off0000f901.bin
45a3ae32f963e20b8e944591120a27084f8cc96e6629b24b6cf6bd0ee8869dfa
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF901 17596 bytes
font_02_sfnt_off00012674.bin
9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12674 16792 bytes