Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f12a1269c901876b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

74.9 KB Created: 2021-09-23 14:14:11 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 97ec161bb711ce81a8b6b5eb23469abc SHA-1: de70ff98c7381c28bba1b3c1f6d3f40896b8e052 SHA-256: f12a1269c901876bfe9a32940d606bb0a514e917da8ad684f0e1f728140664f7
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to disposable hosting or compromised CMS upload directories, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing or malware distribution through these links.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

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://sweethomedelivery.com/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/putovijuwufirexewadefisif.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kunmobile.vn/files/uploaded/20210920/file/32203317667.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aynadakikemalizm.com/resimler/files/sodexonudorikiles.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sovaimm.it/userfiles/files/69299790939.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://falconfam.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/12241728144.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brunosistemi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16130d6bce8720---35920139798.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://askisan.com/upload/ckfinder/files/62610581925.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://worldofpacifiers.com/editor_uploads/system/files/47153235443.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daehwa.info/uploaded/file/nujiwadudoli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://wecareu.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vadawivilatovonexavubawiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://businessplan-capalpha.eu/mbp/upload/images/images/upload/ckfinder/69733185215.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mobilpetrol.olajpark.hu/files/files/58354719969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.martiusstaden.org.br/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/magukafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://theydeserveastamp.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613aa105a36d5---2035369169.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://proartgaleria.hu/files/files/xufetotojusorufo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://antifftech.com/uploadfile/file///2021091315000334.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pianotuningdarwin.com/userfiles/files/zejerubenokutabefoxoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://congthuonghotel.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/71710046889.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sanruouvang.net/images/uploaded/file/barukirowub.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://onderdurdu.com/upload/ckfinder/files/56553849428.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://suemsas.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ceaul4fofrpq6fjuhio0aoitg3/zubinukubakifuwave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://scoutpate.com/userfiles/file/83318467499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.andeanskyline.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16136aa4f7a9b0---80483297983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettodrabeni.it/userfiles/files/15428241047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BvfzZFkJO3s/uplcv?utm_term=the+song+i+wanna+grow+old+with+youPDF 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_off0000bfc3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xBFC3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7da.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7DA 10792 bytes
SHA-256: cf74980349016b01c7f8046b3e5cebd425f71ce2fc712fc7e96bfd077c387837
font_02_sfnt_off0000f08c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF08C 17340 bytes
SHA-256: 0a2a421a1b15728b776d82a7fff9343973468c71fa5c0c1efdde8a1f5182dcb4