Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e12e477012db0821…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.8 KB Created: 2021-06-29 21:24:47 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 76d6577ccb1b7bec203914b41a387ccb SHA-1: e8f940dfefd31094fac4ad035e13fa822ce815c2 SHA-256: e12e477012db0821b024765fe511913d3a60eae4302a95c30e91eb4aa3e49939
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains a large number of links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites, suggesting it functions as a link farm to distribute further malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the structure and URL patterns are consistent with a phishing lure or a downloader.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9946

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://wbbray.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606c984c78d78---xusinujagalabepiti.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://fjordancv.info/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61bc647588809bd977165007984b3b6b/genutudalesuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://steclotildehorton.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16088afb38d27e---11603403919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://minutesnap.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3a8b4286851dae15aa9364a98d219844/fesotafafowojaruvoxite.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ebsjosepirosamaria.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ca528f262d3---90953792600.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ikedatosou.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160951c4dca2e3---72147990691.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvclassof1990.com/clients/8/8c/8ca0ba2c7a07c5cd1f21f9fc323c16c5/File/14499749991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rescue.bg/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608497e0851b0---fulizomuxakowuzumofisaja.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mujuerp.com/uploads/ckeditor/files/20210529190456.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160805251bb61f---gakexeminaxevokobaxatadab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--78-6kce7dfhb9dwb.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5c4263edd49a1e7b49a0d06c636cf44a/85710911304.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://auf.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o7bufsuco3dppm7o926it8mpr2/falunodimiwulevuk.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mkting.com.co/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a84f62b98d2cfd14a81d64a23e08e10d/gaxepevefitewotivapu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kpotplace.com/uploads/files/mizezifoganojoguvaziweda.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://thewentworthco.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/mv5iif0ev42hcse01pg9koscuc/90643281848.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cashofferoregon.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160877e28bdf80---38225485916.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://duszek-lasu.pl/userfiles/file/34769848033.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dodici12.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/naukfho631lfuauj3g79lcv0p4/jubili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aqbnb.com/uploadfile/file/56740141814.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://victorylimo1.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086e44b6fbbc---jenikojadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clearlakesd.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607eff4f6ac5d---lunakijoremavumedun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.onegelha.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/14cffd8d99f66a80cfb5e5c89bb28837/zutinamuforadogukanak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=coefficient+matrix+of+a+system+of+linear+equationsPDF 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 4

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000df50.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDF50 17768 bytes
SHA-256: 1e67adaa01fcfc6e9b977ff030ba907b22fd35521196c18aaf1276db709ab727
font_01_sfnt_off00010e1e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E1E 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 38fb866738de9eb34b20d27a772387ad76d19c321171c57cfc94c3ba135e2fec
font_02_sfnt_off000127b6.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x127B6 16196 bytes
SHA-256: 462a4783e98b38620ac8f8ecdcd5a68537a1a8a2bd0fe099007260b825b6a7dd
font_03_sfnt_off00013d3d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13D3D 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1