Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 0213d48c1ec2d273…

MALICIOUS

PDF

75.8 KB Created: 2021-09-05 23:53:37 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: e5558ed63a98bc819ea9a547db2c267a SHA-1: 519bb28012b468708f6208b8dbc07e364843e5fb SHA-256: 0213d48c1ec2d2734af4c66527b63ffaa1cc9df3f456eb88e977c428a5a4b09e
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file was flagged by a machine learning classifier and ClamAV as malicious, specifically as a phishing trojan. It contains numerous links to compromised websites, some of which host other PDF files, suggesting a link farm designed to distribute malware. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports the phishing lure.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9973

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://kvartira-zalog.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/854ca89f59632c0689debb12590d937d/zokonunukutixanumuzov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://amfmeg.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160929b9328f4c---nevudijemoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://indago-rovigo.it/userfiles/files/sudulipotavif.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160e63f147b69c---12479130493.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agermag.ro/mm/file/908055580.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://twozonechickenlasvegas.com/uploads/files/15100685266.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tuzy.pl/Upload/file/sizexabutitizugewiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tese.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/dopetodavoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nd-58.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/36a09e79b835e6859724ae92bca786c3/korajutosat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.gsccn.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606cc5e5b7151---xuxebazakokumewo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://funperm.ru/content/file/libamiki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e7af0e8980---wafakofid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://retrofitoman.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/32301316606.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cascinasorigherio.it/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607dbd156b196---gigitudugarimuxof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.birdandwildlifeteam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b77d4690542---zufotubudekibep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://osteriailgalloelinnamorata.com/userfiles/files/fawar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ankaratemizlikcim.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/41875761836.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://laser-arena.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609666b0bf24e---38927056405.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://schokoladenfontaene.de/idata/bibexamezalebulowij.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realestateconnect.pro/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/de5fpqd429trp7b778mlolg0h0/xiroti.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sg-callenberg.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608d17e2a8fe1---jetepirojo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://expresstestingatl.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/820293c5c176cfc1d5c39a9fbe71c9aa/sabekavumobeberavov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://themultifold.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9quji4baplhfmesnmmmqq0jvi3/mowufinonusunugoseva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geonatlife.es/ckfinder/userfiles/files/seziguna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/32869775900.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=install+adobe+pdf+reader+for+windows+10PDF 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_off0000c459.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC459 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000dc70.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDC70 10840 bytes
SHA-256: 04adadbd1e184fa4c12a1ecb2e2a6778bc098c584943c2a3a21fd28f60b1f318
font_02_sfnt_off0000f568.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF568 16992 bytes
SHA-256: 917efff15413dbb9603bb32375280466451b3e9197ed4354d7dc6a3da4235343