Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fd12f4d06183ce6e…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.0 KB Created: 2021-09-04 15:57:07 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-07
MD5: 022773082e0c3deea6e958d8e50418d0 SHA-1: aa29224a4cdc0fa387e36e47832668ea5ceee3b5 SHA-256: fd12f4d06183ce6e4a3b4988c12cc99fac50ff511bef7b7ce7c20093328828d1
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The sample was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. It contains embedded JavaScript, which is often used to exploit PDF vulnerabilities or redirect users. The presence of a link farm pointing to multiple distinct hosts, including one identified as a compromised CMS upload, suggests an attempt to obscure the final destination and potentially distribute phishing content or malware.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9960

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://gangnampools.com/contents//files/28813918371.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://wowbond.com/upload/Fckeditor/file/noguwamapofibut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mvsexpo.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lisaxud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://natproperty.com/userfiles/files/gifapugepujidewoxat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amwordpress.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160796f8b0da51---vavurivobuzetazadegiwatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kham.vn/userfiles/file/42408492839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ajitcoatings.com/uploads/givitibaxowugojizotewexof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://floorco.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/e995a3b492515353356cdcb42b5209bc/47732199012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--9w3b270a7kf.kr/data/editor/file/pobirepunulaxewufofejo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lussoleathertiles.com/test4/EDITOR/example/v2/userfiles/file/nilalurulifa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sieuthigo.vn/upload/ck/files/savividimera.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://styliststudios.com/imagesTE/file/228057284.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://frontiersneurophotonics.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1/160701153449b1---bejutewuzubasemisele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.jacenter.org/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/mugexifozupufal.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiorinaldibedin.eu/userfiles/files/51869552432.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.kngroup.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607d215e45394---purokisoperokuve.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://culturasiapamplona.com/guiarte_userfiles/files/52978781311.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://factory-01.com/js/upload/files/58605206611.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://luatkhangthai.vn/upload/fck/file/59689372148.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://brain-sh.tw/upload/file/dovigefuzekutalime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newabel.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/18311953605.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://myucpb.net/userfiles/file/58770608585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://playgametoday.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f711cea56bf05ca89312418f635a387d/jidexoxitugoretalaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=pembangunan+masyarakat+kota+dan+desa+pdfPDF 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_off0000de05.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDE05 11148 bytes
SHA-256: 6f36a1ca971d153787d333cd938ccdd42af335823ec64b728c04b2477c2d826e
font_01_sfnt_off0000f7b8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF7B8 16584 bytes
SHA-256: 84b29d2940d40df8015cba649abcf3cb8a3da6eda02b763b61a08b74c00223be
font_02_sfnt_off000122bc.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x122BC 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1