Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13420bce3a35d5eb…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.8 KB Created: 2021-09-06 04:49:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: 3c8797899ae8812f77199cf7ee4ace0c SHA-1: bb3cf737d473afb32cc26a7f378391a9f624f65f SHA-256: 13420bce3a35d5ebcf70ca70415f4204e4b906962fa893d817cb726ba4501f22
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to other PDF files hosted on compromised websites or disposable domains, indicative of a link farm used for phishing or malware distribution. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly suggest malicious intent, likely related to phishing campaigns.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9974

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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=resignation+letter+with+one+month+notice+pdf PDF link annotation
    • https://www.amiunaorchestra.ro/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16073052a579b9---zaforivavosewonidoraroken.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://totaleclipsenv.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607681080cb33---37798621167.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://canadianrelocation.net/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083350263a1c---rivibifoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://asckhn.com/acskhn/userfiles/file/sositilitanezaliwutebovi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.focus.mu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/85351a78ee3b476322457b72f0df5b6d/82706058116.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://loyd.rs/images/file/ralesegasesixufox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sportsgarten.com/editorData/file/gajubuladafijudojolomol.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://agriturismoilnoceto.com/userfiles/files/pukirej.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.skupp.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160de17009d329---guwixigowo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606ce3f50cbba---13655885720.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thucancakoihikari.com/luutru/files/12650675007.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://hangquangauto.com/files/13404543809.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://poslovniimenik.net/firme_data/files/nozogowugifadudenud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euroialinsol.ro/userfiles/file/xiwezasagunumoz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ibadirect.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c0b2ebbb0c6---71288592578.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://spectrumohio.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19ddfdb57ddbcd75ab5c98743bf68d6e/83733321177.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westhygiene.hu/editor_up/tulodizariwonagux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pasarantogelsatu.com/contents//files/67742534727.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://maychieuvinh.vn/upload/files/48619271319.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://workprohealth.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16082f0118fdd8---dedaxeginuguf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1b6c087980cb97cdece8778c2375b927/dukotujekoxepizug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.icslights.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/3cdc9ebdc6521228c4f920ecd09a2cc7/zakalufamuwumek.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.projectorrentals.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bff2e670211---78266518929.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c26ebe45804d85d63c6cd49edeec8595/60261014141.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_off0000dd4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD4F 11200 bytes
SHA-256: 49b352ee91fb88b4ee8f0b270be46aa1b48ed35223bcdf01c4ee9c271f9e8cb1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f731.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF731 17852 bytes
SHA-256: 62c5c35e0597cd2776d1a3d549b2086901b7b0f265a8bc187b64c1c80abb66b7
font_02_sfnt_off000124d3.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x124D3 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1