Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e12c39bc88c3bff9…

MALICIOUS

PDF

70.7 KB Created: 2021-09-13 00:51:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-23
MD5: 74d3fe0b8591f57f356ca459b20bafbe SHA-1: 5369022b6a7eb8a86e5de9bed513aead0cec28ec SHA-256: e12c39bc88c3bff9fc4c19b7148891081ad570b4fcf9ae2bcaddbcdfa716884d
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1059.007 JavaScript

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous links pointing to external websites, many of which are hosted on disposable domains or compromised WordPress installations. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDF documents.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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://hotelexpert.ro/uploads/files/83763949971.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://somos.co/dleyes/admin/fotos/file/46723031811.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vaitinhdien.com/app/webroot/upload/files/taforusonovavegu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rongoldmanlaw.com/system/js/back/ckfinder/userfiles/files/newuxib.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ilkconstruction.com/Images/Media/files/70550792119.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://imagespa.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16133137d63bf5---jusufigegejafipepoteg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gennarimaq.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f9058c4f15---38639281939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://infinity-pro.ru/userfiles/file/robebedi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karaokejdi.com/ckfinder/core/connector/php/upload/files/70191323079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://candientushinko.com/images/file/pibor.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://festivaldelmaridaje.com/sgi_userfiles/userfiles/files/baramegakoxedibax.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://polinagerz.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/j8pog2rcifbukjaf92qsqovu1f/fofarakusapibamenujawubu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://njchemland.com/upload/files/60494383899.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://synphabase.ch/upload/file/81807112518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarljarry.fr/userfiles/file/valukufavisuvewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://monyetmesum.com/contents/files/nuwikoxofitolimaduzasilak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kukdae.com/files/fckeditor/file/tofal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gulf-rope.com/images/bulk_images/files/tupebotesururemipex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://medosojewellery.com/userfiles/files/83512575815.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://harkakotony.hu/UserFiles/file/gijovagafenijogogekuziju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huemin.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/85799212164.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beiks.info/public/file/52533655387.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.aceitunasdelguadalhorce.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/23080278785.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://almoheetmanpower.com/public_html/userfiles/file/pikanat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smwiarus.pl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kabutoxuzazuzaroxebego.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=ios+screen+lock+apkPDF 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_off0000b792.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB792 10220 bytes
SHA-256: d34c918af99459dee3fa1d6a663638889eaaeb3774ada1ccf43cc6cbb032c3a3
font_01_sfnt_off0000ce9d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCE9D 15088 bytes
SHA-256: 693c5fbd39725bd3a9ef213666391d18e3083a87c07184dea0d55d24fbe36f30
font_02_sfnt_off0000f4fa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF4FA 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1