Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13508e9742bb7d20…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.8 KB Created: 2021-07-29 10:07:14 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-01
MD5: 44031d56d8b096a9114b5c24b594c436 SHA-1: 809a8d697f1631ca7d2221c40c12512a8f1c7d5a SHA-256: 13508e9742bb7d2097fe25e00c2d8dc6f839d126e865cd56f2e46898ec9e98f7
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It uses a callback-phone (TOAD) lure. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories and contains embedded JavaScript. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9977

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Callback phishing phone lure medium SE_CALLBACK_LURE
    Document asks the user to call a phone number in billing, refund, subscription, fraud, or security context — consistent with callback phishing or tech-support scam patterns. Suppressed for legitimate-issuer (IRS/gov/official-form) documents that carry no urgency or charge/dispute escalation.
  • 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://infrive.ru/uplcv?utm_term=grand+theft+auto+v+activation+key+pc+cheats PDF link annotation
    • https://shotclock.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bd303db0dea9af4f99769b09b944475c/defufumomosusudukabi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dangkyidol.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dscispb35v9ol76vdp3j6kmetp/3578726223.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://imahima.xyz/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85247051994.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://lobi.md/userfiles/file/gevezuvagiluwuxazavan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://baigiangtoanhoc.com/upload/files/fipigazefokox.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://newtarrytowndeli.com/uploads/files/51140734019.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://festivaldeliteraturadepereira.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16095fd91aa9ac---58443158793.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mbk-montage.nl/ckfinder/userfiles/files/lipimadodikifodixileximi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://happyland-nsk.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/14422014583.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://grahampropertytax.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/97377e6f1fcd6e70a0d1d22da693d111/35536337890.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bannermaul.com/userData/board/file/13296881086.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dongtienlamnghiep.com/upload/file/bisikopavak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arizonalightingsales.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c839c31b63623fb9b706fd318637e66a/waronatakuzifegunolafeje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.ambredore.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14615e776c---dilevekarowujuxamipagezoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mariellatriolo.it/public/file/47290576792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.nuricomuvakfi.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/msgkmf9f4i8hrkhklf7aj3oo31/79340635451.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.rockandroll.blog.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qo0evudgtdmqg2gtnv3ggblf1o/tizuwivaked.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.booster-p.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a4f0187e253---92022600194.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://abouelhoulgroup.com/userfiles/files/sirabobisebafewez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://simovi.mx/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608cb36c4fcc9---nulenomabalejises.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.alarisusallc.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d1811e262416582133c2967f0001a6a/48087683128.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://euro-m.si/web/dokumenti/file/81872157576.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.mercato.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c899a8a9fcf---30550091680.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zovsh.com/Uploadfiles/files/88004464586.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_off00010945.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10945 17268 bytes
SHA-256: c281726e317f88f5c238cf960fbd02b1a1922f074602396f9ef0f60348e099b0
font_01_sfnt_off00013634.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13634 11084 bytes
SHA-256: 600a2c483b5ebde0ae805fa6612c387156c62e23fbcddfa1cebd98e5ced28871
font_02_sfnt_off0001500c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1500C 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1