Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13741d993da9312f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-08-29 00:12:00 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-16
MD5: 53e3c6f16c786901182ab5738c721d97 SHA-1: d009e7de2c13bc97824b9039a260ec4fb17a74b4 SHA-256: 13741d993da9312f51bbf242b09becaa52ea4fb599a631f90c40018d749d2f8a
176 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. It contains numerous links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm or phishing lure. The `wkhtmltopdf` authoring application and embedded artifacts do not indicate specific malicious behavior, but the overall structure and URL reputation point towards malicious intent, likely to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9988

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.
  • QR-code redirect lure medium SE_QR_LURE
    Document instructs the user to scan a QR code with a phone — consistent with QR phishing, but also common in legitimate documents
  • 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://consoles-a-gagner.com/fckeditor/userfiles/file/jetisazavewa.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://sirikulsteel.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607fa55b71237---41182257863.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://inspirationallabels.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1611d10f062ce1---91566111604.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://markapin.com/calisma2/files/uploads/74072247108.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://forex-robo.org/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a382bc5a699158bb8a4bdd10fe78cd15/lirijatukezitid.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://usaoxin.com/userfiles/2021-8/file/senivolenudoworujinu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.yoko-ono.be/images/userfiles/file/gikubufomuvokimeloge.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hitourkorea.com/FileData/ckfinder/files/20210623_7970B783F6F1E9DE.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://boxethai38.com/upload/file/42324557951.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smartbrand.ro/mm/file/6058309312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://consorzio-csa.it/userfiles/files/jirole.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://umrllc.com/userfiles/files/42307743247.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://bezpieczna-strefa.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c6c98cb3dfd5c7b9cff5d42822862cbe/nudinenazurijoxeka.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--64-mlcufjjaii0l.xn--p1ai/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/161d166e7a7f4cd992920494812d7bea/11361878581.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thanhlamresort.vn/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb3a57d2d69---98586119816.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.espymetcalf.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608672b8076c2---2177908454.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.arphplumbing.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7q0gl8ufqfpasoch63a12bom9s/refurakodubes.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bbceb10ff7a---tuforob.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dialog-seversk.ru/jsplugins/ckfinder/userfiles/files/tinewemepefubemujuludugo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rusepress.com/uploads/wysiwyg/files/2495963231.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ipvoicenj.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160723858c7476---tevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://soflcops.com/clients/83267/File/soxubosufotatupumiridiz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/GLLx1DTH0VQ/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+view+saved+wifi+password+androidPDF 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_off0000dbc7.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDBC7 18204 bytes
SHA-256: b42ba190067f8cf1ef8c916f01187c93b1f06d9fc39510963e5ef315990e3408
font_01_sfnt_off00010b11.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B11 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012328.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12328 10588 bytes
SHA-256: e98162332bde026c649ceac62792dd5582dde36cd389c17b05725e3a65f54c2b