Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13aa213db248378f…

MALICIOUS

PDF

69.0 KB Created: 2021-09-12 23:52:53 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-24
MD5: bf99bca900e39ba782c1eddb4a58ad8d SHA-1: 9e7319af8a7e20f309755d168a6629e523825c17 SHA-256: 13aa213db248378f6f18e21ecc74f017ceff70cb9e1978831808c67a593be8cd
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged by ClamAV as Pdf.Phishing.Trojan and by an ML classifier as malicious. It contains numerous links to external websites, many of which are hosted on compromised WordPress installations or disposable domains, indicating a link farm designed to redirect users to potentially malicious content. The presence of embedded URLs and the overall structure suggest an attempt to distribute malware or conduct phishing attacks.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9965

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 to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • 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://konikanarrowfab.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/84540680660.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://xn--ob0bjxt9h99icicrvkksa421cwwp7hiv4d6a.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/67058023712.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://stark-tools.ru/images/uploaded/1820471292.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1613389dd65748---tobujajipe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://problemconsulting.com/img/download/files/dagidigomu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.clc-engineering.com/siteuploads/editorimg/file/dofevot.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://yongchengtech.com/uploads/files/202109081510137817.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://35ct1.com/images/ckImageFiles/files/kojonunutaje.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://santa.sg/images/users/00000000/files/70739002977.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cerel.eu/images/wyswig_images/file/78715866151.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.grdr.org/paidel/ckfinder/userfiles/files/22484949327.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.benvenutialmare.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f09a656aad---tizizuwebaveruli.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://corporatiegids.nl/uploads/files/2654934505.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vom-ragnaroek.de/uploads/file/93153663641.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://solelane.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/76685706347.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ifaistos.reality.gr/~triantaf/images/file/25741451190.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vakukh.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/19d0b8e2b44f79d9a9e2f206ffd9b5e7/tijonivas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zerosquareonline.com/file/92333070926.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://xn--interpeas-r6a.es/upload/files/duwikizoxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://nessie-vinylcare.com/file/34558231312.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://cmtsport.com/pliki/wuronisevutabojisurafe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://viajaconsciente.com/imagenes/userfiles/file/89918657984.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://huabulaw.com/uploadpic/2021-9/file/2021091008120573499.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.sunarnuricomuisvealisverismerkezi.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/qd8o0eiji4gqtose8qv65e3sf0/52934316792.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ecoverservice.be/gallery/file/52777145094.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Uplcv/~3/FevRqgeaUVY/uplcv?utm_term=gta+2+ps1+isoPDF 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_off0000b18e.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xB18E 15104 bytes
SHA-256: eaac5ed1e83555d056942a5e4d91a5ace073f679d07c0fb4e23151b3f7f9de11
font_01_sfnt_off0000d7f1.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xD7F1 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000f008.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF008 10072 bytes
SHA-256: 8b0d413bb6a193448ae13ea8ea16b17cf17df648ca9c73919ad020d2ff3da2c3