Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 13bbc1afebe745fc…

MALICIOUS

PDF

68.5 KB Created: 2021-09-19 01:55:31 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-31
MD5: 99b3ae31765ae5560c608a9e264fd13d SHA-1: 580b5a0d23b96c37aac1c79e3fe4bd36c1acf706 SHA-256: 13bbc1afebe745fc155975fc24c7df6b7c07d1294554d957ea88a91ce831481a
184 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

This PDF document is identified as malicious, likely a phishing lure, due to its structure and embedded URLs. The document contains embedded JavaScript and a link farm pointing to multiple compromised WordPress sites and disposable hosting, suggesting an attempt to redirect users to malicious content. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly indicate malicious intent.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9986

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
  • Image-only document with action trigger (screenshot lure) medium PDF_IMAGE_LURE
    PDF has 1 image(s), only 0 text block(s), carries a click-outward action, and is only 68 KB — typical shape of a phishing lure where a full-page screenshot hides a clickable button that launches or submits to an attacker URL.
  • 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://krisoc.ru/uplcv?utm_term=how+to+see+who+follows+a+private+instagram+account PDF link annotation
    • http://wakingbeauty.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1614206836c410---viruvesolixazobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://coastalstudio.com/images/main/file/93440260497.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kernenshepler.com/customer/3/d/9/3d947ad6ce2568d98b832ccf5548371bFile/nopuwopumetafojewina.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://bodymart.in/ckfinder/userfiles/files/99635836187.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://thepokeluau.com/uploads/files/26260424083.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.tulsarad.com/my_content/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/5872017142.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://tokstar.com/_UploadFile/Images/file/28720187125.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://amartzon.store/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/a1ad89fc7408b17a766dd65dbf2d8ae3/5035788591.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://westcoastmovers.ca/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/gdjo3trpsf6hfrcs5k7564oro9/jumilawopoxopavibaramar.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://abwwilson.com/uploads/files/94062317701.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zakuskymoser.cz/www/ckfinder/userfiles/files/jakosagexozoto.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://formapolis.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c5efb733c01f5a919274bd3fc421346c/dazageroj.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://andreevmag.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/ecfd3f40decb586ce0c7c3a8d78a7e65/larolazuvinopuwudibegalov.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zoldjogsi.hu/uploads/files/mirejiruvawogutufe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://lamaisonducoeur.ca/upload/editor/file/mobelujofavimuro.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ayurvedicclinic.org/userfiles/file/64493276070.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://miet-boot.ch/images/uploadedimages/file/jumajetaxalovutuxitege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://goldnumber.info/userfiles/file/81187231535.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.opencalgary.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134bc2466229---76841468079.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.cpnatacao.pt/backoffice/ckfinder/userfiles/files/978096408.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://coyada.com/up_images/up_images/putasak.pdfIn PDF document text
    • 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_off0000affd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xAFFD 11168 bytes
SHA-256: f28be5a3c2ddfb156220d82b96aa5b5769e07ae68d5143ad94d8a18b7165bada
font_01_sfnt_off0000c9fd.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xC9FD 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off0000e20f.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xE20F 13668 bytes
SHA-256: 9e4fc1bd89f6a02ea9b50fcea105f7621a49f9c316cd8974860e6d881f8a8330