Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13230ae32999660b…

MALICIOUS

PDF

77.3 KB Created: 2021-08-30 06:27:55 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-12
MD5: 564cda4d1e152662078a4f41e3ce8240 SHA-1: 962e8e30eabe119858938b871871ff9b9d012dda SHA-256: 13230ae32999660b7a9a17484ab663353f0691d14ceba9a71f34f609518aa395
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 WordPress sites or disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware delivery. The embedded JavaScript is a common technique for initiating malicious actions within PDFs.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9976

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://mikomisushi.com/uploads/files/putuxakukovazadojinigox.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://satybharat.com/ci/userfiles/files/89705361513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dichvutot99.com/webroot/img/files/wonebemuterotefusarone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://becro-plast.hr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608380abc93d9---40305311214.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.couleurs-et-jardin.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a32f14627f6---wovivowa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.theflightfest.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bfdd458b602---81978595306.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dlzj.net/upload/files/20210801071949868531.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://angeladaniel.eu/uploads/files/juxibabimogaguwu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://greaterdeliveranceministries1.com/clients/61527/File/10588961620.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://classiccar-jp.com/js/upload/files/naxosefunegenekarigane.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.photobreak.com.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a33f1ff1a6d---68101306186.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://psg66.ru/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/30216318659.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://benchmarktransitions.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160fc2c725bbab---59248354666.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tenekedjieva.com/uploads/file/kufixatarep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://zazilha.com.mx/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6cadeca49a114b7a1f4a9d8620bc47fd/52912501356.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chameleoncoupons.com/adgprocessing/uploads/files/fovamusubapavaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kolkatanagariksammelan.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lutoxawad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nowackleverkusen.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ae2712aebd5---wujulefixok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.eecpowerindia.com/codelibrary/ckeditor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/kuxotebewanijele.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.auditsi.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ba0f1ecb4e4---57440414822.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://agilitynd.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08a3a80a7dc917dc63511f1b1a45972d/64302901585.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.halpellet.hu/userfiles/files/67097944020.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ks4073.com/file_media/file_image/file/xamuravuforabifoxukat.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/cv9VXjIrmdE/uplcv?utm_term=holt+environmental+science+chapter+8+test+answersPDF 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_off0000ca5d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xCA5D 10988 bytes
SHA-256: 6e5b9380bfd1fd1c6f0e0dba0adda4bc4c10c749b778e855409d37274beaf894
font_01_sfnt_off0000e3be.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE3BE 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000fbd0.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xFBD0 16988 bytes
SHA-256: e50efd540001a4983e4c028f013aae570b5c4f2a65a69a28ab308f7c2bb998ad