Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 b12edbc4c6780fa9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-08-19 11:04:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: a4d296e91bc9c60678c0167bcaeb8170 SHA-1: e8eaeb2176bc1d1a394c54aec537ce3eb4cee9ac SHA-256: b12edbc4c6780fa980823150be6fb3d312564af5fb23ac346282b9905a7be776
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript, a common technique for executing malicious code within documents. It also features a link farm pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting an attempt to lure users to external resources. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9990

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.thelawchamber.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c1428a8327e---vunavojegajubudezab.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://guides2alpes.org/uploads/file/lixosiragofene.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://z-i-f.ru/userfiles/file/97469993364.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://meadescafe.com/userfiles/file/wesewujupodates.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inglewoodreunion.com/clients/68690/File/41946733146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/32664618439.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://absolutelyneon.com/userfiles/file/wapibewukabekudubanete.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.deadclan.nl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a61eb1899de---82092547355.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.linkkorea.co.kr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c2e34b769f2---soxuveju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rafaelstore.ru/upload/files/75757119394.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahreco.com/uploads/news_file/94959210384.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c4001830934---gufawe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://terapie-psi.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608df05699ab8---86211975332.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wedding-ideas.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/rijiveliguzudesusib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hanshintech.net/data/file/85532661902.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wscnaturalhealings.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b0e92884b121b1e6a75d59a155f60e8/wogafagoxowusinuxunomazaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.derbysignandgraphics.com/uploads/file/zevifigeb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tonwen.org/userfiles/file/tasuses.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vipnjl.com/userfiles/files/muwabedevetovasilu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://przygodanaukrainie.pl/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/50716249885.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bodymindspiritconnection.org/clients/5/53/53f1eac0d8ee32431a47b4e1af774f29/File/jikaposaluvixusuwamajepi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.conectadoscomdeus.tv/arquivos/file/nusigetusabutavawo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://haidangpc.com/contents/files/73822499318.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maezawa-jidousha.com/js/upload/files/6633933569.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/Om9ozkHLxGw/uplcv?utm_term=download+sas+enterprise+guide+7.15PDF 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_off0000e370.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE370 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000fb82.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFB82 16584 bytes
SHA-256: e46ed1041424ec0a21dfc9399328fe2f6d7e234d4ce91b5638a749017cde6939
font_02_sfnt_off000126b0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x126B0 11056 bytes
SHA-256: c2cde9f918a56261cad5ad9513d4374577945e9644271ba1b9014afa66cee31a