Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13b33d22d90e47c2…

MALICIOUS

PDF

89.4 KB Created: 2021-08-07 13:27:02 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-16
MD5: 873de3d8dc1c13adf8cb37ecf6b769d6 SHA-1: 1db65f561a53bc0b19686db0c5e3bad58abd6bf7 SHA-256: 13b33d22d90e47c2089ba6c6f9f6501b4041d9bd62dcbc6b695e50deb26df6a6
172 Risk Score

Malware Insights

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

This PDF file was detected as malicious by ML classifiers and ClamAV, indicating a high likelihood of malicious intent. The heuristics reveal it functions as a link farm, directing users to compromised CMS uploads and disposable hosting sites, likely for phishing or malware distribution. The presence of SEO-manipulated URLs and urgency lures further supports this attack pattern.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 8

  • 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.
  • Urgency / deadline lure low SE_URGENCY_LURE
    Document contains urgency or deadline language ('account will be terminated', 'action required within 24 hours', etc.) — useful context, but low-signal without other findings
  • 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://chris-arnold.com/userfiles/file/zenepatowudigavo.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.rolstoellift.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c5d61b3a393---91312961877.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://babetravelling.com/ckfinder/userfiles2/files/lupivelexuj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.ideaklinikkadikoy.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608ac8c91123c---nijitoku.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://vantaidongsaigon.com/uploads/files/66204018887.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://accesoriosalmayor.com/images/userfiles/file/duxasobuzabusevowiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://decamiones.com/userfiles/file/kuvegozevegabomizu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tavio.ru/files/file/fumedatozugufarulemad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://cristiandellavedova.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/la9eghuo4ai3qea3ff96969j13/93499438256.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shqinze.net/admin/upimg/file///xajukunagaxariloxokuxemi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://arrayamed.com/userfiles/file/fezekobamazuruwilufeleb.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://structurecreative.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16086694491cfd---nemamokitejap.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://alpanelektrik.com/depo/sayfaresim/file/wijulujozaziligipepoko.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anandtouristcorporation.com/uploads/88621893719.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://phunggia.biz/userfiles/file/jisesexewi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://universalgroupautos.com/files/others/19060206601.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://weeb.nu/userfiles/file/326647209.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kyanite.tv/userfiles/file/76864068518.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.k-24.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ac0ce7a9ebb---xiferixivapuwodimevufev.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zjhywt.com/images/upload/File/83038414446.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://dienlanhhonganh.com/images/pic/file/zeduludebok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://rhdplumbing.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d4aa7deb98245f27297c7740b96535ce/13258184203.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://clubselectionvoyages.com/images/file/vasorobis.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://dirpub.org/editor/ckfinder/userfiles/files/63090169745.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/skout/mBVl/~3/1xuhb7AK25c/uplcv?utm_term=hidden+pictures+pdf+free+downloadPDF 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_off0000f665.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF665 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off00010e77.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E77 18012 bytes
SHA-256: 01e58c02f81d160a6107abc488f393aefe1af42d9a5816d64efcf09dc4e3905b
font_02_sfnt_off00013dee.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13DEE 10792 bytes
SHA-256: 10f2cfbd84abbe64b67a3e296172b783e48f3fa6a7f935de7e7685db6dc870b6