Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 c12895fb7cf99ea3…

MALICIOUS

PDF

76.4 KB Created: 2021-09-03 22:27:34 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3675a145c03a28fd5a35809a1d70313f SHA-1: 710ee107fba799a8855192b71ec0c053107fba4a SHA-256: c12895fb7cf99ea394341db8268f4e085eafe9555e9681d9fbf21c0dee373080
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample is a PDF document flagged by ClamAV as a phishing trojan. It contains embedded JavaScript and a large number of external URIs, many of which point to compromised WordPress sites or disposable hosting, forming a link farm. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious actions.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9971

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://cructi.ru/uplcv?utm_term=essential+of+human+anatomy+and+physiology+12th+edition+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://fotinepmuveszeti.hu/kovagoors/uploads/files/97097914464.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://svltv.in/userfiles/files/pobumusaxiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://autoroman-service.ro/imagini_ws/27174220050.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dobrasekacka.cz/userfiles/file/lifepugefuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://solyaris.pro/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/10061499784.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sensible-seeds-premium.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba03ca1b884---zomuwibujabuxoxevudajodo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--pssa17sw71b.tw/upimages/files/gepixuzaroka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ifacemount.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/elp95bor75gq4j36enkjo3s6jg/67608478975.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sempresaude.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607522283dccc---15346314825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://wwpokebar.com/uploads/files/57517600668.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b22e28cd3b7---tibimidamizekoleburizav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietsonplastic.com/uploads/userfiles/file/49649721721.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://stakeoutllc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ad534c3eb80a8ed61a8858508c1cb2b7/62486680201.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dalycity.com/wysiwygfiles/file/gifomaxoxuwuzurezomelogub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pontus-sd.eu/uploads/file/9296458155.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hi-reid-solutions.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bccc38d24e8d4400c70c6f483958bd8a/62365719335.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chachachat.info/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wowoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exhibitionchannel.com/upload/nesajatonituwasuduzejox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bestapp4u.com/admin/uploadedfiles/file/novunosufoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.leesii.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082c75e862dd---fenelikebagipimigajuvut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hopefor.today/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/0ebb7b901f120121ab98dd8aff6c3cf7/96079167479.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000c953.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC953 11212 bytes
SHA-256: fce09b57b16feaf1bc3bb8095fc72423aa343de607b790d0629df03a21cf4fb6
font_01_sfnt_off0000e347.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE347 16036 bytes
SHA-256: 43dfac1cadf3acb445228db4918d5ddb70a3d3a9e6217ac2535db21525577340
font_02_sfnt_off00010c1d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10C1D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1