Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13a2e6b69b6fad8f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.8 KB Created: 2021-08-04 13:42:01 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-11
MD5: aa74d948101a34133de6e1f70f34d6b4 SHA-1: fbc26cee7ded1976c70e5d698c32b6c7eefe95a8 SHA-256: 13a2e6b69b6fad8f472450ee5df8e734b4b444734cd65464af1019a0d95e33b4
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF file contains a large number of embedded URLs, many of which point to compromised WordPress upload directories. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The document body is unreadable, but the URL structure suggests a link farm designed to lure users to malicious content.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9975

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 https://oniceh.ru/uplcv?utm_term=what+does+stradlater+symbolize+in+catcher+in+the+rye PDF link annotation
    • http://3duct.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161090b127d618---babaxusave.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://karate-talence.com/newsite/userfiles/files/47714789035.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwingsva.com/uploads/files/95203993289.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://doverhighschoolhalloffame.com/clients/2/2d/2d76883e1086210ef8e2c43836b0327f/File/dorumolela.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ezibra.pl/upload//file/fiwis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vitrierbxl.be/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a85cc9ce469---41618199938.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.heracles-hotel.eu/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6pvp2c65hd1uohkndcaap5jato/79717260025.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elturo.ru/img/upload/files/taxejamipomesexopojozi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://sip7.pl/autoinstalator/sip7.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f43cc8829cce51499604cdd7dcf8459d/nisuju.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://adanateknikservis.web.tr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160da920605817---letugonu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74092e2886cdbecbc70159d1157f59cd/xozidex.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://allaboutdowney.com/userimages/suwubuvijudasi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://incucinaconalberta.com/userfiles/files/87995872647.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160798f96cd854---xegubop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://securitegenerale.tn/userfiles/file/tasisatemomofimav.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bsa.by/ckfinder/userfiles/files/xitokaduxidosegovojabom.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://uniondeautoescuelas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160d2361a65a4f---biwilorukiku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mazurubezpieczenia.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/tapifixuwumovezejiseje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kissdocs.com.au/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16071c9f9d770c---63317042245.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cosonhuath.com/hinhanh_fckeditor/file/xedisepifajudimiforir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hypnotiseur.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081307c240de---refufunobivan.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://whitedwarf.ru/public/images/ckfinder/files/kukurikime.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://exima.kr/userData/board/file/74116038570.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://barksdalereunions.com/clients/869108/File/ruporefozulasugusifi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://iamluno.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16079d4b5732c8---zebajene.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_off00010e4f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E4F 10940 bytes
SHA-256: a180db8d919ad6047935c351cdea1b2ce1b329af6db9acd0a125fbf9a52f4e37
font_01_sfnt_off00012789.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12789 16964 bytes
SHA-256: b3471565211d1019f3a1fd2d32ddb590ec9fa90739ecbb51bc79479226021d81
font_02_sfnt_off00015387.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15387 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1