Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13b13a8c02c7a5a6…

MALICIOUS

PDF

73.4 KB Created: 2021-09-05 10:10:05 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-04
MD5: cca4c7e83a71afb32a7f77db4df2caac SHA-1: 85c7e8adfcd30db2d20e9e62e0bc133363940461 SHA-256: 13b13a8c02c7a5a612fc42e067b1b8e4fa39f76cf7b7488e91ec2370a8862f52
154 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document was flagged as malicious by ClamAV and an ML classifier. The file embeds a large number of external links characteristic of an SEO link farm, many hosted on compromised CMS upload directories. Specific URLs and indicators for this sample are listed in the indicators section.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.5898

Heuristics 5

  • 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
  • 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://www.akutrans.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bacd7e56728---figuson.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://gagutp.com/sa_upload/userfiles/file/20210811130241.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mtpartnersfl.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a3508b77852---jijadi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harmonie-avion.fr/actualite/files/12616254894.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.hcibatiment.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16085a3144e008---82424931195.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreagarciam.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16081556430135---18969621912.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://glass-haus.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/727a80d3337e18ca92742713f51c997e/65882043781.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://veronicanealhome.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/2/1606cc46d5d0b8---14856373930.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://studiobonvino.com/userfiles/files/pulogilariza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://nhahangthanghuong.com/uploads/files/3961508645.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.1000ena.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c98a2449c6c---75780035307.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--80aaae7amexjfdlfdfg.xn--p1ai/files/file/nibolamexegomukuruzuku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ranaghatpchsschool.org/userfiles/file/70886107818.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.hontoys.com.au/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6sk9fsdeh7tm3pjmf26fgm6n5q/46911033031.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://takeorders.online/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dtddo01h9vp3eo0nop727480b6/fadapebelexudetomexuxutus.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://mercedesmazo.es/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160757c5caac32---xaserekofawibopanuriv.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://harposwebdesign.nl/app/webroot/files/userfiles/files/suledoporilolow.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://deltarealestate-eg.com/userfiles/file/zujirotexaromaxa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://chronicles.ae/userfiles/files/fasekumofaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://israel-aliya.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bc344dfa1a0fe1d706ca1bbe5758cdac/tofuvumukewux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://buddingheights.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b10f6de9567---kodigekofak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eugensa.lt/app/webroot/uploads/userfiles/files/pejuvuroru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://equipelec.fr/ckfinder/userfiles/files/28850309107.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/1KS0DP0cxss/uplcv?utm_term=beautiful+boy+book+pdf+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 2

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000e9c4.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE9C4 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off000101db.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x101DB 10808 bytes
SHA-256: dee48bf15acdf0bce82d2c97603708a155b9c36dfb9cc2b1c0f7c8069884ed0a