Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13a3fbc8639c9521…

MALICIOUS

PDF

88.3 KB Created: 2021-09-17 15:46:15 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-14
MD5: 81f3ab72ec2cbe53184d5c4f5794e292 SHA-1: b64118b37535ee54f65bfc9399ad03b05c75f813 SHA-256: 13a3fbc8639c9521218cf0a8a41710ce4de88350350e317d68e988251e3d3884
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

The PDF was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and an ML classifier indicated a high probability of maliciousness. The document contains numerous links to compromised CMS upload storage and disposable hosting, suggesting a link farm designed to redirect users to malicious content. The presence of a 'download button' heuristic further supports a phishing or malware distribution attempt.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9822

Heuristics 7

  • 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.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • 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://theptaynam.vn/upload/files/70826671793.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://escuelasfutbol8.com/docs/files/22016994082.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mattweidnerlaw.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612ec9f06f938---55557492171.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fond.ru/userfiles/file/pagup.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huyndaicaudien.com/upload/files/tidewesotuwud.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dglytbt.com/upfolder/e/files/20210914072046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sarkar.ie/userfiles/file/27379778008.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://china-engine.net/ckfinder/userfiles/files/nepafigasepanolife.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://smlstripedbass.com/home/rock/public_html/ckfinder/userfiles/files/gejaviruwaxusiwide.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bountyvacation.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613172f8add65---fawesabaruna.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://okvin.org/userfiles/file/46608824138.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://33mobility.net/uploads/files/virofe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://gildiamasterov.ru/userfiles/file/rotitow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://impariant-club.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1422740d453bff5c7cf127691542b0c7/38587634362.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://giaydantuongphongkhach.net/images/news/file/15306033825.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://geredekombiservisi.com/userfiles/file/divapojoga.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vinhhangvien.com/upload/files/13571641044.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://azs-szermierka.pl/zdjecia/fck/file/tilozorajawodemexo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://krevue.cz/UserFiles/File/63579302810.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://812423.qqtogeljackpot2.com/contents/files/banebura.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kantankacreative.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/b27ecef526f5a7ce49a37260f96ca9ae/37541709741.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://brylka-kfz.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16140cddc43aa3---83777380372.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalholidayproperty.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85267599991.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://aallergy.friend-match.com/upload/files/delusefa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://foodphotoshop.com/userfiles/files/73202465495.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mini-garden.ru/userfiles/file/73531636839.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://familie-schiecke.de/images/file/fuduguvezosafagizenaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/A3Ryygt5BCM/uplcv?utm_term=tenses+worksheet+class+7PDF 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_off0000f3cb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF3CB 10428 bytes
SHA-256: 0e7b04833048e37dced109eadaa5dbc593844be973d5f29a7a2dc142f1d6759a
font_01_sfnt_off00010b8e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10B8E 18420 bytes
SHA-256: 7e47e0109ca2b78c65802236825d0c1c3ab50d5fa7b3aa783b0e61f6d79d2794
font_02_sfnt_off00013b75.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13B75 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1