Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13726cccb777aa66…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.4 KB Created: 2021-09-02 08:01:27 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 83bcdc3776525bc376d3889941b97793 SHA-1: d6e1b3a7c72641dbefc5d29657c5009134722f1b SHA-256: 13726cccb777aa6605001d2e875f5a54977860f502929a1cbd3de2a8c640cd36
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution

The file is identified as a malicious PDF by ML classifiers and ClamAV. It contains numerous links, many pointing to compromised WordPress upload directories, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users. The PDF's structure and the presence of external links indicate it's likely used as a lure, possibly for phishing or to download further malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

Heuristics 6

  • 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.
  • 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://cargo3030.ru/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160772453a94c3---22835795923.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://kuppersbusch-center.ru/uploads/files/5171092321.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.chicagoalphas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160dd890bd3338---73536334274.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rlmahtani.com/userfiles/files/betolizaxexomubowadibu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vietthanhstone.com/images/news/file/budotebalunazetufuse.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://marcuspietrek.de/MARCUS/files/file/wumebimepusuravapebo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jjsgreatescape.com/uploaded_files/userfiles/files/94468147562.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bmo-agencement.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zemewaxewikamewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://greyquotient.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/15ede232298870d952e9ac1c89195c2c/baxusinojezesasevel.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gestcargo.com/uploadfiles/file/tozujodezelakutes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://keramann.ru/uploads/files/noviziwiwibafeg.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nuocmambason.com/upload/fckimagesfile/2fd3868dc21cfa1469363f6d6e7fcb2f.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nailseasupportgroup.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f58b211dafbf4ddbf98589474fed39b6/dafokaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087b745a0827---xatudovogoteb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sindikat777.ru/ckeditor/ckfinder/core/connector/php/uploads/files/79318589021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://shih-tzu.ro/files/file/supozadiferevurujo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://machnik.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/70345976597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.vedaaz.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/45aac39e6e9d12b4c1a031d635eb9bd7/84731079406.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://aldea.work/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/61183da0b8f34014d4ed69a9ce1f8dac/93407169060.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://daeryuhealthcare.com/ckupload/files/gobipibidakejibiwoxoxugot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.psstrecno.sk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160866990ce302---wenufitakusesuworoj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://resortvillairene.it/userfiles/files/gazoradazawuzir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarmisir.com.tr/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/9ue5sm9s3p6v7jdlknr7tl2df2/25107925919.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://emauto.lv/index/images/up/file/81145619012.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=the+fall+of+icarus+mythPDF 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_off0000ed12.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xED12 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010524.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10524 20400 bytes
SHA-256: e1db6edcaf1f1534306572f8f2d12ff69c91109aeb2148f03d5f34951bb6053d
font_02_sfnt_off00013ab8.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13AB8 10672 bytes
SHA-256: e7f9b66f6cd21c0b8e23a44ef0e90813977cffcff484b06b64aaf4a28ffaab24