Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13a87c259b65241c…

MALICIOUS

PDF

102.2 KB Created: 2021-08-13 21:51:45 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-11-25
MD5: b48e33e9778f958974f5534e122178b0 SHA-1: 05f593f3bd8e504a9ab080bd7ec58841433dd8a3 SHA-256: 13a87c259b65241cfb177caf3af12428ef5b39e3ae4a2e51ee392f007583360f
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains an embedded JavaScript stream and numerous external URIs, many of which point to compromised CMS upload storage. These elements suggest the document is designed to act as a link farm, potentially leading users to phishing sites or malware downloads. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9984

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.
  • 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://lisacutler.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609018de24ced---sizudalovev.pdf In PDF document text
    • https://www.digitalsofts.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ce8e051e979---fikuxisapaxumajogit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://smilepath.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ba488dcefd28303ba900674d3a5cf1c3/93441990763.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://irk-yoga.ru/upload/files/27226044182.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://braciszewska-klimek.pl/fck_files/file/lajinoros.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://timnhanhonline.vn/upload/files/bifipisebatumisili.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://provisionsinternational.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160852a7a1555c---52109046433.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vankouwenenmastop.nl/UserFiles/file/zitudep.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.travelknowhowscotland.co.uk/assets/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/visolimara.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://namastehealth.in/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hgm7g4llfvk74gjhhjfdpl7n0b/minobikokisekijeronit.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://baanpowertrain.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16080af32cbe79---35402175437.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architetturaurbanistica.it/userfiles/files/kezojivesudumunurag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chelseacarpet.com/ckfinder/userfiles/uploads/dutage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://limoride.net/gallery/file/pozijum.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amerismithenterprises.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/2d52ab21bc690762179f4c99ba92b9f8/wudobarokusawasiduw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rauvuonsach.net/images/uploads/files/32843001514.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cruiseship.cruises/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/k5ma9jrvgb06k7lnv4shu87j76/54812457718.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://efuegypt.org/userfiles/file/66803792067.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://maslatalaia.com/userfiles/file/73214309551.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amatnieks.com/pictures/image/palofunokewitabudez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.guaitoli.eng.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b9467add7fd---48021266983.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://rotarylaspalmas.org/documentos/file/50381555465.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pphu-joanna.pl/fckpliki/file/33517089969.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rjiminfra.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f068e827e2cb8573c454c77588ce9329/50292576553.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lynnesnaturaltreats.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/8c03f8518979b38cb3a9752a30bcc67a/xuregolejabupodopezut.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/BkSY9tpko7c/uplcv?utm_term=free+instagram+followers+app+2019PDF 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_off00012864.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12864 11224 bytes
SHA-256: bb586adb586ec9d41deaa19d272cf0e38f95081c43a6429d6b1aa14388609ff4
font_01_sfnt_off000142d9.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x142D9 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00015aeb.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x15AEB 18144 bytes
SHA-256: 5e730c08c11a7584e00def2a44b9aae00b8dd24f5dfe7ae36e4b9822ca89d375