Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 f12f5796a8d8ebd8…

MALICIOUS

PDF

99.5 KB Created: 2021-07-05 11:52:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-15
MD5: 2281d51a0f962e1b6c218b87b690cbc4 SHA-1: 14e6b8920e0bf8276a53a7fa5aa56cbb691dff0b SHA-256: f12f5796a8d8ebd8a5226934452178d61672452f470c40854571e22800988324
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload directories. The heuristic 'PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM' indicates the document is a link farm on disposable hosting, suggesting a phishing or malicious redirection attempt. The embedded JavaScript likely facilitates the redirection or further malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9800

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://pistant.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+is+a+hybrid+car+yahoo+answers PDF link annotation
    • http://herodumpsterrental.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/077f059a36d86bd7b1a2288014c1db90/lagofele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eziblank.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c454d3a3e53d896ba1845cc801617852/93095242527.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://advantagelic.com/singhania/downloads/file/gepifarakudodi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tehnol.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160df5eb985b7d---bokapimere.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://big-cash.de/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o0listf444eu9kr8qq56da835k/86666103672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://svs-pm.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607a5a0f5cc0c---japuvidowimujolorekeximow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allprintusa.com/admin/images/file/4379940804.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://johncarroll1967.com/clients/1/18/1896e795ecc2602204d707ec4e69586f/File/nedosajidojosivazoweso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://copperscraphandlers.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/bikeginorodofer.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ventana-sur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a2a19e645c4.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://santeh.md/img/files/wudox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mognational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079765b0ace6---lafave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mesotects.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082372a04505---454940817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://numberonerevolution.it/file/94706570725.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://makanbanyak.net/contents//files/35369086177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.pattyn360.com/upload/forum/files/jinukoso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cuadernos.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a65483b884---repokojuzagolurusami.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://szwygs.com/upload/1068142097.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://telekommarketing.com/firme_data/files/68276685404.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://yuktiedu.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/55ac5f08bc9ae7b71f88130f122f56f9/jazutijuramevusozab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fandimnarodaku.cz/upload/file/97946910023.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hydrem.ru/images/file/39592942476.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agisma.ru/files/pages/files/ropexi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.myhhsi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/92d54f7cd52a155697a84a812ed46c78/vivomofegegobasazafi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://remoteworkerclub.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/72e783f6a657760c50ba4b1ecc33cdea/kuperaviramimimo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mundori.com/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/vatowivudurubisudesir.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_off0001246a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1246A 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00013c81.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13C81 10752 bytes
SHA-256: 491d1d3a30e73c561f408664ca6a49cb617ae5d37b3f0d43748952f96f965b36
font_02_sfnt_off0001554a.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1554A 16624 bytes
SHA-256: 9564641cf98f6c89d738b2d71a6fb508faf41b752061815997c1c782ec172c86